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[–]Rawrasaurusex 41 points42 points ago

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this, Bonobo-Kiara. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7m86aMNjlQ&feature=related Absolutely no idea what genre it falls under though

[–]propagationofsound 841 points842 points ago*

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Classical music.

However, 'classical' music is not just one genre but a disparate collection of musics stretching over centuries. Strictly 'classical' music is contained roughly between the years 1750-1800 with composers such as Mozart and Haydn. But generally classical music is a broader term.

The first piece I would play you is the famous first movement from Beethoven's 5th symphony

Classical music can largely be divided into 4 eras:

  • Baroque

  • Classical

  • Romantic

  • 20th century and modern

And an instrumental example from each:

Baroque - Prelude from Bach's cello suite No. 1

Classical - Mozart's Piano Sonata in F

Romantic - Brahms' Tragic Overture

20th century - Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine

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And a vocal/choral example from each:

Baroque - Vivaldi's 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' from Gloria

Classical - Mozart's 'Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen' from The Magic Flute

Romantic - Schubert's 'Ave Maria'

20th Century - Arvo Part's 'Magnificat'

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Also head over to /r/classicalmusic

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EDIT: For the 20th century, how could I forget Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

[–]SteiniDJ 107 points108 points ago

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Here are some of my favorites in this genre that I would play to a first-time listener:

Beethoven 7th symphony - Second Movement - Karajan

When I Am Laid In Earth - Jessye Norman

Ma Vlast - Moldau

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - Wilhelm Kempff

Adagio in G Minor

Thank you for an insightful comment, I'm subscribing to /r/classicalmusic now!

[–]tick_tock_clock 12 points13 points ago*

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Why isn't this higher up?

Though for the Romantic era, I would pick something by Tchaikovsky.

Edit: Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXWZH4HQ1Gk&feature=related

(fixed: It isn't the band version anymore)

[–]rlicopter 173 points174 points ago

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Funk- Parliament: "Give Up the Funk (Tear The Roof off that Suckah)"

[–]mduchamp 33 points34 points ago

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A holy grail in the funk 45 collecting world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYlsyIMIJVc

[–]trombone646 22 points23 points ago

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Parlament Funkadelic is great....but have you tried Tower of Power? check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnwCiR9igBk

[–]peejoh 42 points43 points ago

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Like a few others here, ambient music is something I think more people should listen to.

Brian Eno's Music for Airports album is a personal favourite, but An Ending from Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is perhaps his most famous track. He practically invented the genre.

Fun fact I remember reading somewhere: they actually did try playing this in the large open spaces of airport terminals, but had to stop as it was scaring the bejeezus out of everyone about to take a flight.

[–]NixonsMissingBody 479 points480 points ago

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Prog rock. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson.

[–]Krodis 96 points97 points ago

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Honestly as great as Schizoid Man is, it is hardly representative of prog as a whole. Epitaph or The Court of the Crimson King would be better examples off the same album, or we could go with one of:

King Crimson- Starless

Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight

Camel - Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider

Perhaps a longer song (Supper's Ready, Echoes or Close to the Edge), or the previously mentioned Roundabout also work.

[–]MajorNine 12 points13 points ago

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More: Genesis - Firth of Fifth

Stunning song.

[–]KeenanW 16 points17 points ago

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Sorry guys, but Close to the Edge is the pinnacle of prog rock.

[–]Geno098 72 points73 points ago

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[–]hcwdjk 5 points6 points ago

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Great song, but not really prog. It's basically straight pop-rock. How about Fear of a Blank Planet?

[–]Soupstorm 161 points162 points ago

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Alternatives:

Yes - Roundabout

The Mars Volta - Goliath

[–]Saint947 81 points82 points ago

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Goliath is hardly TMV's best.

"Take the veil cerpin taxt" yes please- In fact, that whole album.

[–]ThaSentinel 57 points58 points ago

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Good sir, De-Loused in the Comatorium is said album. I particularly enjoy Inertiatic ESP, Cicatriz ESP, and Televators, but I listen to the whole thing on repeat the whole day.

[–]tbboy13 20 points21 points ago

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It's not even the best on that album. Wax Simulacra blows my mind every time.

[–]funkadelik 23 points24 points ago

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Tetragrammaton!!

[–]rotaderp 8 points9 points ago

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I love Yes. Highly recommend them to anyone

[–]RobotOrgy 44 points45 points ago

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Good choice. I would also recommend Heart of the Sunrise by Yes

[–]Chemicalmachine 18 points19 points ago

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I would Porcupine Tree as well (though you did mention Steven Wilson). I would also add

Opeth http://youtu.be/xvLn8j4c5l4

Anathema http://youtu.be/mY5cTG0wKYE

Archive http://youtu.be/YjMWh7yGPTc

Riverside http://youtu.be/5whn4_-0j0s

[–]seanymacmacmac 27 points28 points ago

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yes - starship trooper

always been my favorite yes song, so epic.

[–]St-Radiguns 19 points20 points ago

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Huge Prog Rock fan here. I find that the greatest thing about prog rock is all the gems that we never knew existed. It pains me to see how many yes recommendations there are.

Here's a ton of awesome unheard of prog rock from several genres. And specifically less popular bands within those genres.

Italian Prog Rock Semiramis - Luna Park

Here's a weird Classical Fusion type Band Maniege - Les porches de Notre Dame

Here's some french canadian folk stuff. Opus 5 - Il Etait Magicien

Progressive Acid Folk Rock Comus - Drip Drip

More Prog Rock T.2. - J.L.T.

One more? Ragnarok - Walks

I freaking love prog rock

[–]crd319 63 points64 points ago

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Tom Sawyer by Rush - for broad appeal

2112 by Rush - for being THE quintessential Rush song

[–]niceshoeswannagrok 16 points17 points ago

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Those are both great songs, but a little over-used. Personally I think Spirit of the Radio was a masterpiece.

[–]tomyop 13 points14 points ago

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[–]Pseudorealizm 8 points9 points ago

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I came here to say Prog rock and Rush. I agree with 2112 but instead of recommending just Tom Sawyer I usually have people listen to the entire Moving Pictures album.

[–]legalfoxx 125 points126 points ago*

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chillout. la femme d'argent by air

[–]tlw987 7 points8 points ago

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The whole album Moon Safari is awesome.

[–][deleted] 88 points89 points ago

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For me it is a kind of electronic music, sometimes labelled IDM (Intelligent Dance Music). The track Vordhosbn by Aphex Twin contains everything I want from music in a 5 minute time frame: complicated and simple rythms, light and heavy basses, fast and slow moments, small and big melodies ... . I never get tired of listening to it, even after 10 years. It still sends chills down my spine everytime.

And this is just one of so many great IDM gems: Autechre - Piezo, Moderat - Rusty Nails, Architect - St. Vodka, The Flashbulb - Undiscovered Colors, Subheim - Howl, ...

I love all kinds of other genres too, but IDM is my absolute favourite. It touches me in a way no other musical genre can.

[–]gtlogic 65 points66 points ago

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Electro Swing - Parov Stelar

[–]Guustaaf 35 points36 points ago

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Electro swing (and it's cousins) is the most dancable stuff ever, I made a playlist for myself a while back, enjoy :)

[–]cleverascal 182 points183 points ago*

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Desert/Stoner Rock. Its hard to pick one song but 50 Million Year Trip by Kyuss is a good start.

EDIT: New flavor of the day: One Inch Man.

[–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 60 points61 points ago

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Kyuss are badass.

[–]Aikidi 13 points14 points ago

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Play Kyuss for fans of Queens of the Stone Age - they will adore it.

[–]greqrg 9 points10 points ago

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Josh Homme is a badass.

[–]DancingWithoutPants 32 points33 points ago

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Oh yeah. Kyuss are awesome. My favorite song by them: Kyuss - Demon Cleaner

[–]Kommodore 11 points12 points ago

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Is no one going to mention Sleep? Dragonaut by them is a given, but if you're feeling adventurous (and have 63 minutes to kill), then Dopesmoker is the way to go.

[–]iWANTcereal 364 points365 points ago

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Acid Jazz. Thievery Corporation No clue as to genre, but adore DJ Shadow Again, if sex counts as a genre... Gold Panda Trip Hop. Massive Attack aaand Nightmares on Wax Oh, and Japanese Hip Hop, what it's meant to be.. Nujabes and DJ Okawari

Sorry...It's a music post, so i got carried away...

[–]admplaceholder 103 points104 points ago

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Throw in some DJ Krush, Amon Tobin, and Wax Tailor and baby you got a stew goin'

[–]Intr0vert 57 points58 points ago

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Amon Tobin is fucking brilliant.

[–]the_wizard 50 points51 points ago

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I just lazily lump a lot of that stuff under the label 'trip hop'.

[–]donlino 14 points15 points ago

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I dont mean to be rude but i dont agree. Those artists are not from the acid jazz genre. Most of them are considered experimental or instrumental hip hop (like dj shadow) or trip hop (like massive attack)

One good example of acid jazz is jamiroquai and his album the return of the space cowboy. Also james taylor quartet is good.

also, check wiki

[–]dessinee 43 points44 points ago*

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Acid jazz is one of my favorite genres. Have you ever heard of Zero 7? Someone gave me their CD once and I personally like it. Here's one of my favorites off the album, "Simple Things."

[–]syrelyre 6 points7 points ago*

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i approve of this message! Thievery Corporation, DJ Shadow and Massive Attack are so good. You should also check out Saint Germain, Flying Lotus (if you're into that whole broken beat thing, like me), Calm very dreamy music. edit: forgot Mr Scruff

[–][deleted] 576 points577 points ago*

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Jazz

I would choose Dave Brubeck - Take Five

I think Take Five encapsulates a lot. The history of Jazz. The sound of Jazz. And the influence of Jazz. Jazz is the genre that provides for basically 90% of every sample ever covered in any other genre. I don't think you can actually count how many times Take Five was covered or Dave Brubeck songs in general. Same goes for songs like Cantaloupe Island.

The problem with Jazz is that it's meant to not encapsulate anything but... everything, so we will need to try more.

Afterwards the person needs to listen to Dave Brubeck - Bluette

Then Miles Davis - So What?*

Then The Seatbelts - Tank!

If the person still doesn't like Jazz, I will make him listen to Dizzie Gillespie and if that doesn't work I will kill him.

Edit: After the overwhelming amount of suggestions for this list, I decided to switch John Coltrane's Giant Steps with Miles Davis' So What*. 3 people actually love Miles Davis so much that they sent me personal messages asking me to include him in this post, 2 of them actually even specifically asking for the same song, finding it unfair that I included John Coltrane instead! (And they are not alone, considering that other people asked for this in the comments, too!) I want to mention, that I would find My favourite Things a better choice, though. ;)

[–]speerme 70 points71 points ago

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Upvote for Bebop.

[–]Brent2828 25 points26 points ago

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I got so happy when I saw that, you have no idea. Cowboy Bebop was what got me somewhat into jazz.

[–]SuperDane 6 points7 points ago

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Rhapsody in Blue- Gershwin one of my absolute favorites.

[–]CayennePowder 93 points94 points ago

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[–]undacova_boss 39 points40 points ago

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the first two songs would be Brubeck? Third is a song that Coltrane played as, arguably, an e-tude to show how disjointed hard bop was, and then the seatbelts. THEN would you play Dizzie. No Miles? No Louis Armstrong? No Bird? No Monk? No Clifford? No

This is nothing personal, and I dig brubeck and all, but I had to provide some counterpoint to the upvotes.

[–]taytck30692 358 points359 points ago

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Post-Rock: Sigur Ros - Staralfur

Will let the music speak for itself.

[–]Aksen 97 points98 points ago

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Lots of replies about Sigur Ros, not enough about Post Rock.

FUCK YEAH, POST ROCK.

If anyone has listened to Sigor Ros, but not yet Godspeed, I'd recommend they listen to the first few minutes of this (part of "Antennas to Heaven")

And if they like it, here's a great song called Storm. I kind of like the video this person put together, it scrolls through the timeline in the liner notes.

[–]HenryGifford 48 points49 points ago

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Other great Post Rock bands: Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Bark Psychosis (Early version of Post Rock but definitely good to listen to,) God is an Astronaut, and my favorite - Mono. And tons more.

[–]Nuggetry 19 points20 points ago

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Hoppipola brings tears to my eyes. (By the way, I know there should be an accent in there somewhere).

[–]cuntunderground 12 points13 points ago

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though this version is shorter and cuts off the chilling intro. I can't help but love this song and call it my favorite.

Vi?rar vel til loftarasa

[–]joshtempte 84 points85 points ago

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Drum n' Bass - LTJ Bukems Journey Inwards

or

Adam F's - Circles LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad

[–]jfishnl 13 points14 points ago

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Commix - Be True | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv3zGkVpusE

London Elektricity - Handing Rock | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6LYVdEBnu8

Blu Mar Ten - Believe me [Slightly NSFW] | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgX0Ox2Lnjg

But drum n bass can best be explained by going to a Drum n Bass night.

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    [–]MushinVin 15 points16 points ago

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    I wouldn't call him the grandfather of electronic music, if there's anyone who is that, it's Kraftwerk. He has been very influential though, to say the least.

    [–]ghosttie 163 points164 points ago

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    [–]Soulsiren 45 points46 points ago

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    Also Lionheart by Emancipator.

    [–]BrTalip 26 points27 points ago

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    Try Teardrop by Massive Attack. Most music takes a few listens to grow on me, but this is one of the very few songs that captivated me immediately. You'll see why.

    [–]Moooney 202 points203 points ago

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    post-punk: joy division - transmission

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flVEoNuEYgE&feature=related

    [–]thedesolateone 43 points44 points ago

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    For me, A Forest (The Cure), or keeping to Joy Division, Day of the Lords.

    [–]mincerray 15 points16 points ago

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    [–]TrOnOtheEnt 130 points131 points ago

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    Psychedelic Rock

    Pink Floyd- Interstellar Overdrive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iA7wdO00VI

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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    or One of These Days

    [–]Geno098 116 points117 points ago

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    [–]TheBiGW 20 points21 points ago

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    Upvote for Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet. Absolutely fantastic album.

    [–]septcore 18 points19 points ago

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    Dream Theater - Pull me under, one of my favorites in the genre.

    [–]ModestMase 12 points13 points ago

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    [–]donkey_hotay 8 points9 points ago

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    After I introduce someone to Dream Theater with either "Pull Me Under" or "Metropolis Pt 1: the Miracle and the Sleeper", I show them "A Change of Seasons".

    [–]Urik88 8 points9 points ago

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    And let me add, Symphony X - The Odyssey

    [–]alis96 209 points210 points ago

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    Modern folk rock. Fleet Foxes - Montezuma

    [–]twakattak 85 points86 points ago*

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    Love Fleet Foxes. For another artist, check out Andrew Bird

    EDIT: Andrew Bird is not a band but just one person (He is part of a separate band called Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire)

    [–]Staplegunner3 31 points32 points ago

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    Andrew Bird is such a good fucking songwriter.

    [–][deleted] 238 points239 points ago

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    Shoegaze is one of my favorites. It's basically a form of noise rock with roots in dream pop. I would suggest starting out with Only Shallow by My Bloody Valentine.

    [–]satantangoinparis 43 points44 points ago

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    Slowdive is a good pick as well, especially their Souvlaki record. Alison

    [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 50 points51 points ago

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    That entire MBV album is gorgeous, there's an indescribable warmth to the sound of it all.

    [–]pizzazzeria 27 points28 points ago

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    My favorite shoegaze song is "Kaleidoscope" by Ride. It's the one I usually show people as a definition of the genre.

    [–]dennythegreat 8 points9 points ago

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    Upboats for anything Ride related.

    [–]hangthedj 7 points8 points ago

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    Ride is so good! Their album 'Nowhere' is just mindblowing.

    [–]herpherpherpderp 24 points25 points ago

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    [–]zurratype 36 points37 points ago*

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    I've got some shoegaze love, but your history of it is a bit off. Anyways, I do love MBV, but I really like more modern shoegaze/dreampop (as genres I find shoegaze/dreampop to almost be the same and in the modern versions they've basically fused into one).

    A band/song I'd have to throw my vote to is Asobi Seksu - Strawberrys. Seriously, check that fucking song out then listen to more. If you have not heard it you will totally love it.

    edit: Wanted to add something else to this post.

    I'f you're into shoegaze/dreampop you'll probably want to explore different areas (if you like the darker sound a bit more check out early cocteau twins). One of my favorite generes that reminds me of dreampop is twee-pop. Check out this song/group Camera Obscura - Razzle Dazzle Rose. That is my favorite song by them.

    [–]CafeDaze 53 points54 points ago

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    I can't pick a favorite genre but Beirut is classed as Balkan Folk, World Music and Indie Folk and is one of my favorite artists, if you haven't heard of him, this is a great place to start!

    [–]lollyburger 8 points9 points ago

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    Elephant Gun is one of my top 5 songs. Period. Absolutely beautiful.

    [–]-trump 37 points38 points ago

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    Contemporary Folk:

    Nick Drake - Pink Moon

    I just really feel like this one of the best contemporary folk songs.

    [–]0sse 169 points170 points ago

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    Post-rock: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep

    [–]Vaxnyi 40 points41 points ago

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    Yes! I'd add Mogwai too though.

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    [–]3thereal 18 points19 points ago

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    Fuckyes. I love E.S. Posthumus, Immediate Music, Cornerstone Cues, Hanns Zimmer, etc. This kind of music is what I put on every time I need a little design inspiration.

    [–]misternate 65 points66 points ago

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      [–]dasset 324 points325 points ago*

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      NUJABES

      Hip hop, trip hop, cool jazz- It's nujabes so the genre is hard to define. Give it a listen, I bet you'll be surprised!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAxgpHWtLC0

      Edit. Wow, sweet feedback. I?m really glad everyone enjoys Nujabes! Give a listen to some of these aswell, from Nujabes:

      Think different! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Kfrj--djw

      For all you jazz heads! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUrgSBZGHs

      Dedicated to Nujabes from shing02, luv sic pt. 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um0DAZvDC-w

      I totally forgot about his collaboration with Clammbon, be sure to check it out! I had it on repeat for a month. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdJT6xvu5i8

      [–]nenton 67 points68 points ago*

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      The song Feather, by Nujabes is one of my absolute favorites. Never gets old.

      Edit: Also want to add another Nujabes song: Thank You. Combines a lot of elements, and has a great hip hop feel.

      [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 43 points44 points ago

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      Never heard of the artist before, that song is absolutely fucking beautiful though. Thank you.

      [–]honestcomrade 45 points46 points ago

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      first heard Nujabes on the awesome anime Samurai Champloo. been a hip hop head ever since. RIP.

      [–]dasset 19 points20 points ago

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      Unfortunately he died some time ago. Give his music a listen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qU2MXeAz1E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKW4EA3wluI

      Aswell as Uyama Hiroto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFbkPWu6clM

      [–]fatfattypoop 19 points20 points ago

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      Nujabes is one of my favorite artists and it's a real shame that he's gone. Obligatory, also Summer gypsy

      Here's something similar: With rainy eyes - Emancipator

      [–]ADangerousMan 13 points14 points ago

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      dude, thank you so much for posting this. He was (still is) one of my favorite artists, and a genius producer. Rest In Beats Seba Jun.

      [–]dogfacedgods 7 points8 points ago

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      This song just puts me in a great mood.

      [–]yauhin93 41 points42 points ago

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      Trip hop is so so good, Portishead is one of my favorite bands of all time. Glory Box

      [–]Fevered 8 points9 points ago

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      Wow, that song is incredible. Thank you for posting it. I'll have to to check out Nujabes very soon

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      [–]case9 109 points110 points ago

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      IT'S ITS OWN GENRE

      [–]bassic_person 50 points51 points ago

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      The song's potential was fully realized when it was adapted for toy trumpet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDhAdMkn9uo

      [–]PavementBlues 15 points16 points ago

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      A few years ago at Burning Man a huge sandstorm came ripping in, so we blasted Sandstorm and danced on top of the car in the middle of the whiteout. It was FUCKING AMAZING.

      [–]jed_the_humanoid 66 points67 points ago

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      70's prog rock. First song, probably Sheep from Pink Floyd's Animals.

      [–]guf 11 points12 points ago

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      I don't think you can just jump right into Animals. Start with Dark Side, Time for the greatest song of all...time.

      But really, start with anything but the Wall. You can't go from the Wall to enjoying the rest of Pink Floyd's music. At least you shouldn't.

      [–]skippy17 537 points538 points ago

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      Post-rock

      First breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky

      [–]feedthecollapse 15 points16 points ago*

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      I would say Godspeed You Black Emperor's "Storm" is the best representation of what is called Post-Rock. Every band labeled as post-rock now owes an insane amount of debt to GYBE! (and Mogwai) that it feels less like a distinctive genre and more like an entire genre devoted to being derivative of 2 bands.

      I do think early post-rock (see: Bark Psychosis, latter Talk Talk, Main, etc.) are more interesting, but don't have a common sound.

      edited: for grammar and spelling.

      [–]LordNorthbury 16 points17 points ago

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      I prefer Moya.

      Honestly I find Explosions in the Sky to be boring when compared with the mastery that is GY!BE.

      [–]R3d1st 100 points101 points ago

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      If you like Explosions in the Sky, look into God is an astronaut too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34C41eEpM48 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uevKxa6sjFA

      have fun

      [–]chellecakes 104 points105 points ago

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      Look up This Will Destroy You. Amazing.

      [–]dahlma 12 points13 points ago

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      M83 - We Own The Sky

      M83 - Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun <-- This song 100 times over. One of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

      [–]blacktintedshades 54 points55 points ago

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      I could listen to Explosions in the Sky all day.

      [–]alexanderls 16 points17 points ago

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      I've recently started listening to post-rock, and it is awesome. I started with Mogwai and their album "Young Team", while progressing chronologically. After Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky is definitely the next band I'll try!!

      [–]pseudorealism 52 points53 points ago*

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      Just getting into post-rock is awesome, because the genre is so new to you that every song is more amazing than the last. Check out Pelican, Isis, This Will Destroy You, Lymbyc Systym, God Is An Astronaut, And As I Watch You From Afar, The Bronzed Chorus, Russian Circles, Red Sparrowes, Kylesa, Baroness, Boris, El Ten Eleven, Six Parts Seven, Hammock, Barky. I think I've gone too far, but post-rock is the best study music.

      EDIT: I should clarify that all of these bands are NOT post-rock. Some are, some aren't, but if you like post-rock, you'll probably like all of these bands (post-rock and non-pr alike). My mistake for not mentioning above that my list would be jumbled and jump into other genres. While I'm at it, also check out Neurosis, Jesu, Earth, Capricorns, Woods of Ypres, Rhodes, Piglet, Duck Little Brother Duck, Giraffes? Giraffes!, Auto!Automatic!!, The Album Leaf, Coffin Dancer - note that not all of these bands are pr either.

      [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 33 points34 points ago

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      Big Explosions in the Sky fan here. Remember Me as a Time of Day is a personal favourite.

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      Djent (Meshuggah, Periphery, etc.) – it's really intricate and rhythmic and there's a lot more to it than meets the eye (ear?). Meshuggah basically invented it so I'd play Straws Pulled At Random from their album Nothing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmVzqjycA-o

      [–]burrowowl 111 points112 points ago

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      That looks like the soundtrack to a movie Winona Ryder would have starred in ca 1993. :D

      [–]wafflepop 13 points14 points ago

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      upvote for the Malk

      [–]bsazem22 81 points82 points ago

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      Early-mid 90s rap. Probably put on Nas - NY State of Mind for a first time listener.

      [–]darillest 14 points15 points ago

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      Nas is absolutely on the mount rushmore of hip hop. Great introduction to real hip hop, specifically the mainstream east coast 90's scene.

      Other standouts in the same vein:

      Jay-Z: 22 Two's

      Biggie: Gimmie the Loot

      Big L: 98 Freestyle

      [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 14 points15 points ago

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      That song blows my mind every time. The fact that Nas was unprepared for the first few bars of that song and pulled out what he did is completely insane. It paints such a vivid picture.

      [–]sisterbethany 11 points12 points ago

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      Came here to say that exact same thing. I was debating between NY State of Mind and C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan.

      [–]thedesolateone 7 points8 points ago

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      Although one must surely admit that the standouts of Illmatic are Memory Lane and The World is Yours. Which is not to say that it isn't my favourite album (which it is) nor that NYSoM isn't a perfect song (which it also is).

      [–]Boocraft 24 points25 points ago

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      Fuck I just logged in from work to goavote this shit fuck now I can't stop dancing, MOST OF THIS SHIT IS FUCKING AMAZING. YOU HAVE DESTROYED MY PRODUCTIVITY, BURN IN HELL. Kudos.

      [–]LondonLad 109 points110 points ago*

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      Edit.

      • Brutal DM - look at this 17 yo kid, just look at him go
      • Post Rock - Cult of Luna

      [–]RockabillyRich 43 points44 points ago

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      Thank you for giving Patton his own genre.

      [–]PhilJayFry 198 points199 points ago

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      Grunge. Fell on black days by Soundgarden

      [–]taybul 58 points59 points ago

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      Also: Alice in Chains - Man in a Box. That and pretty much all of Nirvana's Nevermind album define the genre for me.

      [–]Endsville 6 points7 points ago

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      Facelift is the album where Chains was departing from their hairband roots, and Man in the Box foreshadowed the new sound they were going for in Dirt. Dirt is a defining album in the grunge genre, and Nevermind was a good album but Incesticide is a far better example of the grunge sound in my opinion. Plus, it just straight up rocks.

      [–]nint22 41 points42 points ago

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      I feel sad you were the only grunge post. Is it really as unpopular nowadays as everyone suggests?

      [–]Soulsiren 33 points34 points ago

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      Grunge is one of my favourite genres(I couldn't pick a single favourite, but it'd be up there). Of my group of friends, only one other guy is really into it. I don't think it's disliked, but unpopular is a pretty good description-the scene doesn't seem very active or as much in the spotlight as it was in the early 90's.

      To add to the list, Would or Down in a Hole by Alice in Chains, either the studio version or unplugged on mtv, both are great.

      [–]nint22 14 points15 points ago

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      Alice in Chains unplugged always tugs on my heart, that sound is just.. idk, very emotionally attached to me!

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      [–]Louisville327 70 points71 points ago

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      Technical death metal. Spheres of Madness by Decapitated

      [–]GaryOak37 67 points68 points ago

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      Underground Hawaiian triphop

      [–]peanut_crisis 32 points33 points ago

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      I don't know if you're serious, but I would love to hear some of this regardless.

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      [–]Rumblemuffin 67 points68 points ago

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      [–]stopmotionsunrise 36 points37 points ago

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      Chiptunes/demoscene music. "Satellite One" by Purple Motion

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        That was awesome. I also listen to a lot of electrohouse, techhouse, techno, etc.

        I'd recommend this one too : Feist - My Moon My Man remix by Boys Noize

        [–]FEiN 48 points49 points ago

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        Melodic death metal: In Flames - Artefacts of the Black Rain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r57QVprao-k

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        [–]badaids 98 points99 points ago

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        The Dillinger Escape Plan - Mathcore Calculating Infinity

        [–]Polyether 20 points21 points ago

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        Trip-hop, DJ Shadow's Changeling

        [–]lemonyellowblack 29 points30 points ago

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        Punk and Ska punk are my favorite genres.
        There are many different flavors of punk, so it's hard to choose just one song to represent the genre. Instead, I'm going to post a bunch of my favorites.
        Agent Orange--The Last Goodbye
        Andrew Jackson Jihad--Personal Space Invader Unfortunately, this one isn't on youtube, but there is a preview up on last.fm.
        Bad Religion--I Want To Conquer The World
        Bomb The Music Industry--Slumlord
        Choking Victim--Five-Finger Discount
        Crass--Big A Little A
        Dead Kennedys--We've Got A Bigger Problem Now
        Dead To Me--Special Professional
        Jawbreaker--Imaginary War
        Lagwagon--Never Stops
        NOFX--The Decline
        Operation Ivy--Freeze Up
        Stiff Little Fingers--Suspect Device
        The Bouncing Souls--Joe Lies
        The Flatliners--Fred's Got Slacks
        And The Lillingtons--War Of The Worlds

        [–]sim713 27 points28 points ago

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        Trance Chicane - Saltwater http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6jKV9TPLc

        [–]CalvinTheBold 10 points11 points ago*

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        These are the vocal trance tracks I would recommend to a new listener:

        • Delerium - Send Me An Angel (Andy Moor Remix)

        • John O'Callaghan feat. Lo-fi Sugar - Never Fade Away

        • BT feat. Jes - Every Other Way

        [–]bchris24 203 points204 points ago

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        Progressive Death Metal: The Drapery Falls - Opeth

        [–]Fasnappler 70 points71 points ago

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        The entire Blackwater Park album is just amazing.

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        [–]nothing_too_fancy 58 points59 points ago

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        YES.

        Try White Walls by Between the Buried and Me.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZIukEIKsAQ

        and Selkies

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UZd_DKs2Q

        [–]Kingsly 8 points9 points ago

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        Selkies is always my go-to for first time BTBAM listeners

        [–]sid9102 165 points166 points ago

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        Chillwave, if it counts as a genre at all. Toro Y Moi, Neon Indian and Washed Out are making some brilliant new stuff with old sounds.

        [–]resto 73 points74 points ago

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        r u 'riding chillwavez'?

        [–]xbyiu 44 points45 points ago

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        [via danked out music made by bros]

        [–]YogiWanKenobi 45 points46 points ago

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        will u be my alt princess?

        will u go 2 wavves / best coast with me?

        will u move 2 the suburbs with me?

        and go mainstream?

        [–]meriendaselgato 8 points9 points ago

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        CARLES IS THAT U

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        im 'riding slutwaves'.

        [–]JS_Levan 33 points34 points ago

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        Since it specifically said song, here is a song

        [–]twoleatherchairs 35 points36 points ago

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        Yes! Logged in just to upvote you. Check out Blackbird Blackbird as well.

        [–]jesterkid01 30 points31 points ago

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        Would El Guincho - Bombay (light nsfw video) count as chillwave? i can never really tell when a song moves from one genre to another (or never even enters the equation).

        The actual song starts around 58 secs

        EDIT: just rewatched the video and there are a lot of boobs, so maybe light isnt strictly true on the nsfw tag

        [–][deleted] 29 points30 points ago

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        Bluegrass. The less traditional kind. The kind that hippies like.

        John Hartford

        [–]postalrat 14 points15 points ago

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        It seems like there has been a resurgence of this type of music. At least in Minnesota.

        Trampled by Turtles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8gaiNVqOM

        [–]NatKingCobra 22 points23 points ago

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        [–]osophy 26 points27 points ago

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        Woodsy acoustic folk - if such a genre exists.

        In the Morning by First Aid Kit

        [–]pikeymobile 48 points49 points ago

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        Jungle or garage. For people in UK, these are two of the most important dance music genres of the past 20 years (House goes without saying)

        For jungle I'd have to go with Renegade - Terrorist

        For garage I'd have to go with Nu-Birth - Anytime

        Neither were really game changers, but both encapsulate what makes these genres so great. Any inner city kids from the UK will be able to relate to these.

        [–]au5lander 23 points24 points ago

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        ebm/synth pop/future pop

        some examples:

        [–]ILoveAMp 23 points24 points ago

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        IDM: Intelligent dance music

        I'd play Windowlicker by Aphex Twin

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        It switches every few months, but right now I'm back to folk punk.

        Probably would reccomend the first song of the genre I heard: Heartilation - Andrew Jackson Jihad

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        Dubstep, I like the song that is like woob whobwhobwhaaaa SGFHUEFBSBFSEFSEFS Whaa wobwobwobwob

        [–]jce1236 492 points493 points ago

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        oh the one that sounds like you're farting in a bathtub?

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        With the WHUPWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUP bit in the middle? Yeah I know the one.

        [–]ferrivorous 14 points15 points ago

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        It's not really my all time favorite genre but I'm pretty fond of drone doom metal.

        Now I am become death by Nadja is the song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXzSVT0oG7U)

        [–]AmazingThew 7 points8 points ago

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        Progressive Rock: Close to the Edge by Yes

        Pretty much hits all of the hallmarks of the genre, and is one of my all-time favorite songs besides.

        [–]LogicallyFuzzy 9 points10 points ago

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        Math rock and post rock.

        This Town Needs Guns in particular: Baboon, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYzqd2ZRj4 26 Is Dancier Than 4, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhPljk5EZ0Q

        [–]mattchu4 6 points7 points ago*

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        I like psychedelic shit, because a good psychedelic song is usually a picture painted in words and atmospheric sounds. For instance, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, or for an extreme, Being for the benefit of Mr.Kite. All by the Beatles.

        For a more modern taste, The Dear Hunter has some awesome songs, and each album is a concept album. My favorite is Act 2, its a burlesque/brothel in the early 1900's type feel. Really cool stuff.

        Heres a new song by them - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gMU-03vaxk

        [–]BadKitty420 6 points7 points ago

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        Jazz-Rock-Fusion (?)

        Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

        [–]scuzzphut 7 points8 points ago

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        Electronic

        Orbital - Spare Parts Express

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRpSyj5-_w

        [–]Cilicious 45 points46 points ago

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        I love so many, many different genres, but when all is said and done the one that I would like to have on a desert island is what seems to be termed Americana.) That wikipedia link is heavy on country-influenced bands: Steve Earle, Deer Tick, Neil Young, the Avett Brothers. I'm a bit surprised to see that the song I'd pick to encapsulate my genre does not have its creator listed there, but all this genre/subgenre stuff can become complicated.
        Ripple by the Grateful Dead

        The Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead, and the later American Beauty were among the first alt-country records.

        [–]RaRRaR52 14 points15 points ago

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        Artist - Rodrigo Y Gabriela

        I would describe their music to be Spanish guitar with metal rifts and just amazing skill mixed with passion. I also picture sword fights in my head when listening to their music.

        Diablo Rojo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUibjcu2L_s

        Metallica's orion cover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CsLefLisE

        [–]Mercury_Retrograde 17 points18 points ago

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        For lo-fi indie rock, of which I am a big fan, I'd play "Color in Your Cheeks" by the Mountain Goats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmW7ejFYX_8

        [–]crabs_q 18 points19 points ago

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        Trip hop. This song is a little downtempo, but one of my personal favorites.

        Lemon Jelly- A Tune for Jack

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHgkMSbnl0o

        [–]eugenesbluegenes 29 points30 points ago

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        Dream pop - Atmospheric dreamy rock that just makes you want to curl up with someone soft.

        Lower Dens - I Get Nervous

        [–]keyboar 7 points8 points ago

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        Trip-Hop: Give-up-to-get by Mr. Scruff

        [–]TruthWillSetUsFree 6 points7 points ago

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        It's not a favorite (yet), but I've been listening to Type O Negative quite frequently lately:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVaHG_QMvNk

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        It looks like I'm here several hours late, so I'll probably stay buried forever no matter what kind of effort I put into this post. But here goes:

        (I am a student of all music and every genre and will continue to add to this list as I continue to think of more. If you have any genre requests of something I may have skipped over, just ask.)

        Grooveshark Playlist

        ! - not on grooveshark

        • Traditional/World Rhythmic - !Kusuma Sari, Sading - Gending Bendu Semara
        • Renaissance - Josquin des Prez - Ave Maria, gratia plena
        • Baroque: J.S. Bach - B Major Fugue (no. 23) from the Well-Tempered Clavier
        • High Classical - Ludwig von Beethoven - Symphony no. 9: IV (read the translated lyrics as well, they are NOT the popular "Ode to Joy")
        • Romantic - Richard Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde
        • Impressionism - Erik Satie - Nocturne no. 3
        • 20th Century Atonal - Alban Berg - Lyric Suite: I
        • 20th Century Minimalism - Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians, Section 1
        • Blues - Billie Holiday - Love Me or Leave Me
        • Bebop - John Coltrane - Giant Steps
        • Jazz Rock/Trumpet - Chase - Open Up Wide
        • Motown - The Temptations - Get Ready
        • Tango - Astor Piazzolla - Milonga
        • Country - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
        • Disco - Frankie Valli - Grease
        • Rock & Roll - !The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
        • Early Electronic - Kraftwerk - The Robots
        • Game Music - !Tim Follin - Solstice (NES) Intro
        • IDM - Aphex Twin - Cock/ver10
        • Big Beat - The Chemical Brothers - !Star Guitar
        • Progressive Rock/Instrumentalism - Liquid Tension Experiment - Another Dimension
        • Psychadelic Rock - MGMT - Siberian Breaks
        • Hip Hop/Spoken Word - Blackalicious - Release (can't find part 2 by itself on grooveshark, just wait for it)
        • Glitch - Nobukazu Takemura - Sign
        • Dubstep - Coldcut - Sound Mirrors (Grasscut Dub) (dubstep haters, this track is my challenge to you)
        • Modern Pop - Everything Everything - MY KZ UR BF

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          [–]jrizos 20 points21 points ago

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          Jazz Fusion. I give you Weather Report's A Remark You Made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F02mBkBoMQw It's Jacolicious

          [–]Krylancello 12 points13 points ago

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          Power Metal

          Lost Horizon's Pure

          Or Seven Kingdoms The Ones Who Breathe the Flame

          [–]kaett 37 points38 points ago

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          EBM/industrial and goth darkwave... and i'm not talking about the emo/punk shit that hangs on darkwave's trenchtails.

          for EBM/industrial, i'd go with VnV nation's chrome. for goth darkwave, i'd be torn between the cruxshadows deception or immortal, the dreamside's "open your eyes" (that one features rogue from the cruxshadows), or wolfsheim's once in a lifetime.

          [–]iLEZ 17 points18 points ago

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          I for one love industrial music, but i wish the genre was more compartmentalized. I don't want light wimpy trance-y stuff like VNV (a really good band mind you!) when i expect industrial fuckoff noise epicness like Skinny Puppy.

          [–]alang 33 points34 points ago

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          Irish Traditional music.

          If tunes (i.e. no singing) are okay, it would probably be one of these two:

          If only songs count, well, you can't go wrong with this:

          Or, if it simply must be in English:

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          reggae: Bright Side of Life by Rebelution

          [–]vypr 6 points7 points ago

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          While I agree with you on Reggae, I'm not so sure that Rebelution is the best example of reggae. Toots and the maytals, Marley, Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff are who I would lead people to get their start in reggae. Then move on to the newer stuff.

          While I do enjoy rebelution a lot, it is more in line of rock reggae or cali reggae, whatever you want to call it, like slightly stoopid and sublime, just rebelution is more towards the reggae side.

          Toots was the first to use the term reggae (or reggay as he first spelled it), Jimmy Cliff introduced reggae to the mainstream with the movie "The Harder they Come" and Bob Marley, well, he is what people think of when you say Reggae.

          Here is Jimmy Cliff and Erykah Badu singing Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZKuK6FwjoU&feature=related

          [–]paulcostello 9 points10 points ago

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          Classic Rock

          Layla - Eric Clapton

          [–]oldmantime 18 points19 points ago

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          Stoner rock I guess, I'd say Clutch, Electric worry would probably be the first song I'd show someone

          [–]Derek800 112 points113 points ago

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          Genre- Indie Rock Song- Two Headed Boy- Neutral Milk Hotel

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxEWPLDg5c&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

          [–]baccus83 91 points92 points ago*

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          The use of "Indie Rock" as a genre has always bugged me. I love NMH, but what does being on an independent label have to do with the genre of music? If anything, NMH is experimental folk rock.

          That said, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a must-listen for anyone remotely interested in good music. It's one of the few albums I keep going back to. It's directly influenced a lot of great bands.

          [–]AZL94 31 points32 points ago

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          At this point, i'd say Indie is simply a genre in itself. The band actually being independent isn't a crucial part of it being classified as 'Indie'. That's how i've seen it anyway.

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          in the 90s, there was a genre called alternative. it was ill defined and vague, but to people who knew it there was a definite sound associated with the genre.

          indie is the successor to that genre. we don't want to call it alternative anymore, because that term is too tied to the 90s sound, but it's the same idea. the 'indie' genre takes it's name from origins of generally being made by independent artists, but at this point it is purely a description of the type of music, and not a reference to the band's contractual status.

          i imagine this argument was had around the same time people started calling 'pop' a genre, too. music doesn't have to be popular to be called pop music, but the term has been around long enough that people now accept the dual meaning.

          [–]Sailer 27 points28 points ago

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          Zydeco is a fun genre.

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            Post-Punk. "Transmission" by Joy Division.

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            Backpacker hip-hop. Aesop Rock's Spare a Match would be perfect.

            [–]Purecorrupt 52 points53 points ago*

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            Hip hop (that's not about ass and titties). I know there's a lot of Kanye Hate but I loved this song and it's also mother's day!

            Kanye West - Roses - Late Registration

            edit: Got albums mixed up!

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            Progressive Metal. I would play "Mordecai" by Between the Buried and Me, but I would start at the two minute mark, play the song to the end, the play the first two minutes. The song has such an awesome meaning and rollercoaster of intensity that most people would be put off to such a beautiful song by the first couple of minutes (which is my favorite part).

            Edit: added a link to the song and grammar

            [–]RobotOrgy 20 points21 points ago

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            Progressive Metal. Cynic - Evolutionary Sleeper

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            I like Desert Blues. it comes from West/Saharan Africa, specifically Mali, Mauritania, Southern Libya, Northern Nigeria, etc.. Would recommend a newcomer listen to Ali Farka Toure, specifically the albums Niafunke or Savane. Another great artist from the region is Oumou Sangare. If I had to pick a specific song, I'd suggest Penda Yoro by Ali Farka Toure or Wayeina by Oumou Sangare.

            Edit: This is also an incredibly beautiful song: Ali Farka Toure - Allah Uya

            [–]dwc1970 18 points19 points ago

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            I like heavy metal. To represent my current tastes I'd probably play something from one of the Norwegian black metal bands (Borknager, Dimmu Borgir, Emporer, Enslaved, Satyricon).

            [–]Xenothy 4 points5 points ago

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            [–]FreonTrip 2 points3 points ago

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            Favorite genre: dark ambient. First album: Deep Frieze, by SleepResearch_Facility.

            [–]Mudslingshot 2 points3 points ago

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            Grunge. Alice in Chains' "Heaven Beside You" or Soundgarden's "Slaves and Bulldozers."

            [–]slowpoke5 3 points4 points ago

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            uplifting trance- Satellite- Oceanlab There's any number of tracks I could pick, but for whatever reason this is the song that hooked me

            [–]NoDude 3 points4 points ago

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            Indistrual/Groove metal crossover. It's hard to choose just one song, but if it were for a first-time listener I'd probably give a go at Rammstein - Sonne

            [–]collegemathchef 6 points7 points ago

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            Lo-Fi: Elliott Smith, Daniel Johnston, Jeffrey Lewis, Guided by Voices, Beck, early Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy, Neutral Milk Hotel, early Sufjan Stevens, early Shins.

            [–]ishidableach 32 points33 points ago

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            Death Cab for Cutie's "Brothers on a Hotel Bed." As for what genre that is, I want to say that it's indie rock but they're not actually signed to an indie label. Hmm...

            [–]Aikidi 9 points10 points ago

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            Indie rock anymore is a sound and not about record labels. Its weird that that happened, but its the way the label has gone.

            [–]Angry_Zarathustra 26 points27 points ago

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            Trance for me, and I don't think any one song captures the entire genre, but one of Armin's ASoTs would.

            [–]porthius 15 points16 points ago

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            Epic Symphonic Hollywood Metal. I would play them "Steelgods of the Last Apocalypse", by Rhapsody. Link for the curious - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ygdpo_JevY

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            In a similar vein, I'd pick Amaranth by Nightwish for symphonic metal, or maybe Nemo. I'm not as much a fan of Rhapsody.

            [–]Kah-Neth 4 points5 points ago

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            I like theirs epics, Ghost Love Score is an amazing piece.

            [–]LT_Dangle 22 points23 points ago

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            Anti-government/religion punk:

            Bad Religion. Either Atomic Garden or American Jesus.

            [–]Trainwrek 34 points35 points ago

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            because most punk is pro-government/religion

            [–]Dechlorinated 8 points9 points ago

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            If I were trying to introduce someone to hardcore punk, rather than throwing them straight into something like Floorpunch, I'd start them off with a little Minor Threat to show them where it came from, and then transition to something on the more modern (and in my opinion, accessible) end of hardcore, like Kids Like Us or Take Offense.

            [–]piratnick 19 points20 points ago

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            Big Beat: The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

            Alternately, see The Big Beat Manifesto

            [–]Doblins 28 points29 points ago

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            Where It's At By Beck.

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            Beck is his own genre of course.

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              [–]gabbagabbahey38 11 points12 points ago

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              "Freak Folk" I suppose. Animal Collective - Leaf House

              [–]Eureka_Honors 4 points5 points ago

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              Haha I control-F'd "Freak folk" just in case it had already been posted, and lo and behold. I was actually going to share"Who Could Win a Rabbit" off the same album!

              [–]jnthnrmrz 5 points6 points ago

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              [–]pip89_ 7 points8 points ago

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              alternative rock No Surprises: Radiohead

              [–]SpaceProphetDogon 7 points8 points ago

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              Garage rock/garage punk: "Psycho" by The Sonics

              [–]LegendaryPeanut 9 points10 points ago

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              Im going to get a lot of hate for this but....

              Dubstep:

              Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites - Skrillex

              [–]MethodicallyMediocre 23 points24 points ago

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              Metal. You want some sample Metal? Apparently The New Black by Strapping Young Lad is the ideal metal.

              [–]anclove 5 points6 points ago

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              Favourite at the moment is the loose collection of stuff going under the name "Witch House".

              Check out: http://soundcloud.com/holyother/touch

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              Emancipator has released one of the most unique albums I've heard. It's got electronica, hip-hop, and rock influences. Since I can't think of a genre to call it, I'll just call it Electro-hip-rock, and Lionheart is the prime example of how awesome this style of music is.

              [–]jax362 1 point2 points ago

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              Early 90's Alternative music. So many good bands, it's hard to narrow down even one song so I'll throw out a few:

              Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground Pearl Jam - Evenflow Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock Soundgarden - Outshined

              [–]justaquestion27 1 point2 points ago

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              I was really hoping to find this band in here somewhere....

              Not sure what the genre is..some say electronic, some say trip hop, some say acid jazz...whatever it is it's probably the some of the best music out there and the vibe changes from song to song.....this is one of my favorites ENJOY :)

              Royksopp- Vision One...FF to about 1min

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUgktUe6q2s

              [–]ingmatcse 4 points5 points ago

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              Dubstep - or what Wikipedia defines as the subgenre of "Post-Dubstep." It sounds very distinct from the typical wubbly, club-music sound of Dubstep. It is slower and more discordant.

              Though recent, I would say James Blake's Tell Her Safe

              another good 'intro' song - Burial and Four Tet's Moth

              [–]Kaarboer 3 points4 points ago

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              Symphonic metal, one of the best examples of which would be 'I wish I had an Angel' by Nightwish

              Ska, and for that I would do 'Everything Sucks' by the Reel Big Fish

              [–]yaytaco 3 points4 points ago

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              Rock. Real, classic rock, with epic riffs and ballads.

              from Queen II by Queen 3 part song:

              *Ogre Battle

              *The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke

              *Nevermore

              All 3, in a row, about 8 minutes total. It may technically be "3 songs", but it is one experience. It takes you on a journey, can you handle the ride?

              [–]VousEtMoi 3 points4 points ago

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              Common' guys, no gypsy jazz yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQC0x-t80XY

              [–]syzygote 3 points4 points ago

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              IDM (a term that's a bit controversial, but I still use it)... One of my latest favorites from my favorite group Autechre known(1) -- I don't know if it's fair to say this encapsulates the essence of IDM, but I fucking LOVE it.

              Here's another of theirs that more encapsulates a part of the IDM sound dropp

              Breakcore is another genre I like:

              Enduser - Switch

              Venetian Snares - Hajnal

              And just cuz the video is cool (it does give a good "breakcore" sound as well) -- Here's Venetian Snares with his own uploaded video on youtube showing his track "Vache" being played in the program he used to program the song - Renoise.

              [–]CyLith 3 points4 points ago

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              I was introduced to country with Trace Adkin's Songs About Me

              [–]afubbc 3 points4 points ago

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              In Fiction by Isis is really good.

              [–]YouKnowWhatYouWant 3 points4 points ago

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              OAR - Crazy Game of Poker

              Sublime - Badfish

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                [–]YetiBeard 26 points27 points ago

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                technical heavy metal: white walls by between the buried and me

                [–]DLDude 19 points20 points ago

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                Indie music with lots of texture. Not saying Freelance Whales is the best band ever, but "We Could Be Friends" is the exact representation of the kind of music I want to listen to at all times

                [–]supdawn 9 points10 points ago*

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                my favourite artist is Bright Eyes and this is the song I would play I'm sorry i don't really know what the Genre would be maybe Alternative

                [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 3 points4 points ago

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                I love Bright Eyes; probably the quintessential artist of my adolescence.

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                  I like a genre that's really hard for people to understand what kind of progress it has made, lyrically.

                  Hip-Hop has been exposed to most people as money-oriented thugs who glamorize violence, drugs, materialism and blatant sexism.

                  And yeah, that's fairly prevalent in the genre. But you have to look past that. Some of these songs are entire emotional roller-coasters packed into ~3 minutes.

                  The way I see it is that you can listen to hip-hop in two different ways; you can focus on the lyrics and subject material, letting your emotions take you in most likely, or you can listen to the way it is delivered, which is more of a focus on the artistic, poetic part of the song. Occasionally you will come across a song that is beautifully both emotionally and lyrically. These are the classics.

                  Take, for instance, Stan, by Eminem, a song about a fan Em's who is slowly losing all hope in his life, and sees Eminem and his songs as a way out of his life, possibly his only real friend. When he doesn't receive feedback in the way he hoped, things get interesting. Now if you haven't listened to him you've probably already made up your mind about him by watching various tabloids and news agencies and concerned mothers putting fuel on his fire. But this song shows he really has some good ideas. This isn't just blunts and bitches, it's a story that captures you from the very first line and leaves you dead inside when it gets to the end. Eminem doesn't do this kind of writing anymore, and that's a damn shame.

                  Sometimes songs are just downright clever. I used to love H.E.R. is a song with a twist ending. You really need to listen to the lyrics- ALL OF THEM. That's all I'm going to say for this.

                  Hip hop goes all over the place. If you want a song to make you cry from happiness, listen to 2pac's Dear Mama, which involves Shakur reflecting on his life and relationship with his mother, having finally come to a point where he realizes how much she has done.

                  Now if you want a song that will absolutely FUCKING DESTROY your heart and make you feel sick, listen good and hard to Dance with the Devil by Immortal Technique, a study on the horror caused by the type of idolization of characters I described in my second paragraph combined with the downward spiral of hope seen by people trapped in poor urban communities. LISTEN TO THIS SHIT.

                  TL;DR CHECK OUT THIS SONGS BRO

                  [–]HardwareLust 6 points7 points ago

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                  Jazz - Eleanor Rigby by Stanley Jordan

                  Electronica - First Snow by Emancipator

                  Sludge Metal - Planets Collide by Crowbar

                  Blues - Ballad of John Henry by Joe Bonamassa

                  Instrumental Guitar Rock - Soothsayer by Buckethead

                  (Note: I tried to pick songs that were a bit more "accessible" by the novice, rather than simply my favorite in each category.)

                  [–]pajal 26 points27 points ago

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                  [–]piratnick 6 points7 points ago

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                  Whilst I love this song, I would not define it as ska or ska punk, but probably just punk. It has brass, yes, but it has no syncopation or rhythm typical of ska. In place, I offer Less Than Jake - All My Best Friends Are Metalheads

                  [–]SnakeVanPotamus 32 points33 points ago

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                  Pop Punk. And I'd show them mutiny by Set Your Goals, OR, situations by New Found Glory.

                  Pop Punk for life, fucking your wife.

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                  [–]skc132 1 point2 points ago

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                  I thought I'd be alone with pop punk, haha. We're a rare bread on reedit I guess.

                  [–]token_female 2 points3 points ago

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                  I was pretty bummed I had to scroll down this far to find pop-punk. If someone wants some pop punk that skews more alt-pop than hardcore-ish, i want to throw a recommendation out there for You, Me, and Everyone We Know. The band just went through some huge drama but hot damn if I don't still want to drive around and sing along with "A Little Bit More" at the top of my lungs.

                  [–]RxEnergy 2 points3 points ago

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                  Upvote for not posting shitty SYG. Mutiny was my favorite album for the longest time. Along with their Demo. I'll add some if you don't mind! Saves The Day and Blink-182

                  [–]fuzzyjedi 9 points10 points ago

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                  Wow, You all make me feel so dang old. Pop punk is my all time fav genre of music.

                  That being said, when I play music for people, I start with some classics, to let them know they they are already a casual fan. Green Day, The Offspring, Blink 182, Fall Out Boy (from under the cork tree)

                  Then I move them onto some lesser known bands that I think they would enjoy. Man Overboard, Transit, Handguns.

                  At this point, If they are still interested, I move them into what I consider the classics of the genre. TBS-Tell All Your Friends, The Starting Line- Say It Like You Mean It. Finch-What It Is To Burn. New Found Glory-Sticks And Stones. MxPx-Teenage Politics. Rancid-...And Out Come The Wolves.

                  But if I only have the chance to play them one song....I go with Man Overboard's They Dont Make Em Like They Used To

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx0W6HmeE3g

                  [–]skrimyr 17 points18 points ago

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                  Post-Hardcore.

                  Hard to pick one song, but anything by Thrice. This one is really good.

                  [–]thedesolateone 3 points4 points ago

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                  At the Drive-In need be mentioned. Check out: Arcarsenal or Proxima Centauri.

                  [–]darwins_bitch 26 points27 points ago

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                  Jazz rock. The Night by Morphine.

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                    [–]NatKingCobra 4 points5 points ago

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                    French Fries With Pepper Morphine is so underrated it pisses me off.

                    [–]Questions-Answered 6 points7 points ago

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                    [–]lifeformed 5 points6 points ago

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                    Genre: IDM

                    Clark - Ted

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                    [–]SteiniDJ 4 points5 points ago

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                    I wouldn't classify Opeth as heavy metal, but stick them in the progressive death metal category.

                    I also wouldn't recommend Black Rose Immortal to a first-time listener, taking them through some of the 'easier' stuff first. But Black Rose Immortal is without a doubt one of my all-time favorite songs. I can listen to it forever and ever.

                    [–]andrewsmith1986 46 points47 points ago

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                    [–]blacktintedshades 2 points3 points ago

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                    New Age. Planet by Kyte

                    [–]Crookedtard 2 points3 points ago

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                    Afro Pop! Afro Pop!

                    [–]mbss 2 points3 points ago

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                    doo wop. here you go:

                    maybe

                    [–]umbama 2 points3 points ago

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                    Baroque, with singing. Because there'll be a reluctance even to consider it let's start with a little comedy and then hop over to the sublime, though the subject matter's a bit awkward (the triumphant adultery of a tyrant)

                    [–]Steve_Kind_Of 2 points3 points ago

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                    I love a buncha cruncha genres, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd go with pop-punk, and I'd either play Descendents - Silly Girl or The Ergs! - Pray For Rain

                    [–]macterra 2 points3 points ago

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                    Dark ambient. Wolf tribes by Sephiroth

                    [–]the-A-team 2 points3 points ago

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                    Psychedelic Trance- Infected Mushroom is by farthest the craziest# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQs_dv4o3Is

                    [–]Tacoman1234 2 points3 points ago

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                    [–]Mycatisaugmented 2 points3 points ago

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                    Trance - Earthbound Trance Nation

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdDRPZVgxS0

                    [–]Chitiwok 2 points3 points ago

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                    Punk is my favorite, but there are already a couple pretty good entries on here, so I'll go with my #2:

                    Melodic Death Metal - Chaos Weaver by Scar Symmetry or Dying in Your Arms by Trivium are the songs I usually use to get new people hooked on it.

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                    Classical Indian ragas and Western classical symphonies. Nothing for beginners here... OK, maybe the 4th movement of Beethoven's 5th symphony. Everybody knows the first four notes. The 4th movement is one of the most optimistic and celebratory pieces of music ever written. Makes me proud to be human.

                    For a good raga, try Ravi Shankar at the Monterrey Pop Festival, the second cut, "Pachemse Gara". It takes a bit of listening for a westerner to get used to the music of India, but it's well worth it.

                    [–]ProtossTheHero 2 points3 points ago

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                    Mathcore, C'est la Vie by Protest the Hero.

                    [–]Duckbat 2 points3 points ago

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                    Newgrass. I don't feel qualified to decide what song entirely encapsulates newgrass because I haven't traced the roots of the movement and am a relative latecomer (newgrass began to develop in the 60s or 70s), but I do have a few favorites.

                    Punch Brothers - "You Are" from their album Antifogmatic

                    Nickel Creek - "When In Rome" from their album Why Should The Fire Die?

                    A mandolinist named Chris Thile (THEE-lee, soft "th") is a member of both of these bands. Nickel Creek came first (the band formed when Chris was in his preteens or earlier) and Punch Brothers is the later result of Chris branching off from Nickel Creek musically and lyrically. Punch Brothers' music is much more dissonant and the lyrics tread more complex emotional ground.

                    Their first album, Punch, was bitter: Chris' divorce, unhappiness with casual lovers, general emotional ambiguity. This was good music. But their most recent album is much sunnier and lets itself be silly sometimes. This is also good music.

                    Nickel Creek is no longer a band. I think Mr. Thile widely considered to be one of the best mandolinists in the world currently... Could be wrong.

                    Chris and Punch Brothers are worth looking up on YouTube. They're extremely creative bluegrass virtuosi who get to showcase their creativity in concerts. In the midst of all the wild bluegrass tunes, they covered both Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Cardigan's "Lovefool" at a concert I attended a year ago. So they're also hilarious.

                    [–]socrates200X 2 points3 points ago

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                    Chiptune. Think 8-bit sounds and musical themes set to awesome. Any fan of the NES gaming era should take note! Good place to start: Anamanaguchi - Blackout City

                    [–]liftsboxes 2 points3 points ago

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                    Blues - anything by Howlin' Wolf

                    [–]bbj0lty 2 points3 points ago

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                    shoegazey dream pop such as: m83, my bloody valentine, and the radio dept

                    [–]thedesolateone 2 points3 points ago

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                    I'm a fan of a lot of genres, particularly hip hop. But there's no way I could sum the genre up in one song, or even attempt to. If you have to listen to just one (and do actually notice this post, buried in the 500+ there are), then check the first: Artifacts - Wrong Side of da Tracks. Here's some others for follow-up: Souls of Mischief - 93 Till Infinity, The Beatnuts - Get Funky, Jehst - City of Industry, De La Soul - Stakes is High, Viktor Vaughn - Raedawn. Such a limited few. But a good, and different few I hope.

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                    Modern Punk

                    Jane - The Loved Ones

                    The Omega Footprint - Strike Anywhere

                    Watch it, like it, be in the minority

                    [–]catchthe22 2 points3 points ago

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                    chillwave/bedroom pop

                    Toro y Moi - Still Sound

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                    [–]scratchinit 2 points3 points ago

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                    Chanson (a form of traditional French pop)

                    Jacques Brel - Amsterdam

                    EDIT: Not my favorite, just an underrepresented selection.

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                    Good god.

                    If I had to pick one song, it'd probably be Dark River by Coil.

                    [–]AgeofKaliyuga 2 points3 points ago

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                    Trip Hop- The number song by DJ Shadow

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                    Post rock: Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan

                    Maybe I'm just sentimental, but it's always been my favorite song, by my favorite band, from my very favorite genre.

                    [–]lightbeat 2 points3 points ago

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                    Probably "Downtempo".

                    Like most electronic genre music it is constantly evolving, but I currently love...

                    Tycho - Coastal Brake

                    Beautiful.

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                    Obviously I have genre's I prefer over the other, but when it comes down to it, I'd say I love unique or genre-bending music more than any particular category. Give me something mentally challenging over the predictable cookie-cutter formula any day.

                    With that being said, Between the Buried and Me exemplifies this perfectly.

                    [–]jettPrograms 2 points3 points ago

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                    Viking Metal

                    I'd probably play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dsp0Q4mWAo

                    [–]aerop1ane 2 points3 points ago

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                    shoegaze: My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes

                    italio disco: Lime - Unexpected Lovers

                    french house: Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Rubicon WARNING: do not, under any circumstances, get behind the wheel while this song is playing.

                    old-school electro: Mantronix - Bassline

                    [–]heliotropic 2 points3 points ago

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                    early 90s style emo - 'little league' by cap'n jazz is a great example.

                    its not necessarily limited to that particular era either; i'd totally include algernon cadwallader (a wonderful band from philadelphia) within it. but its a useful way to refer to a certain style.

                    [–]linkin22luke 2 points3 points ago

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                    anyone who's ever browsed /mu/ on 4chan probably has seen a thread like this, they're fun. you guys should go there and help me scare away all the crappy posters.

                    anyway

                    i'd have to go just general alternative rock, which in my opinion encapsulates all the 'indie' rock music (a la The National, Interpol, Nada Surf, etc.)

                    I really like the song "Available" by The National off their early album. I show that song to a lot of people.

                    But the first song I ever show anyone is "Wires and Wool" by the Envy Corps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWylPu9Mjyk fucking great music.

                    also: last.fms anyone?

                    last.fm/user/mootles

                    [–]SomeTotalDick 2 points3 points ago

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                    John Cage: 4'33''

                    [–]Qurtys_Lyn 2 points3 points ago

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                    Bluegrass.

                    This Side by Nickel Creek for the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nneEIX59I8

                    They've got a lot of rock influences, so it's easier to get into for people not as familiar. (And it's the song that got me hooked).

                    [–]poo6_3J-3M_3doH_I 2 points3 points ago

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                    irish punk "dirty old town" by Shane MacGowan & the pogues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk

                    [–]nnwan225 2 points3 points ago

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                    Progressive Rock/Metal, and the songs I would play are Dream Theater's Metropolis Pt. 1, Pull Me Under and Octavarium :D

                    [–]ozdok 2 points3 points ago

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                    Genre: JAZZ (the good kind) Why dont you go straight to the top with the best of the best in Jazz, Get ready for this: Miles Davis + John Coltrane + Canonball Aderley + Bill Evans -The album is called "Kind of Blue" -The songs are: Flamenco sketches(my favorite), All Blues, Freddie Frealoader, So What, On Green Dolphin Street.... Heck just listen to the whole thing,

                    You will come back and thank me. and do me a favor, close your eyes when you listen to "Flamenco sketches".

                    [–]jaxxon 2 points3 points ago*

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                    [–]mcfearlessNZ 2 points3 points ago

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                    Ska: Streetlight Manifesto - A Better Place, A Better Time

                    [–]the_wraaangler 21 points22 points ago*

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                    Christian Metalcore

                    Not trolling. I'm atheist and I fucking love this genre.

                    Underoath, "In Regards to Myself" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEMegwcNihc

                    August Burns Red, "Composure" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYJapikPVCM

                    For Today, "Devastator" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q3jg2Xt6kg

                    EDIT: (How could I forget?) Oh, Sleeper, "The New Breed" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moruTOiDEm8&feature=related

                    [–]CharlieTizard 4 points5 points ago

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                    I'm a Atheist, and I love Christian Rock/Metal.

                    [–]Ceno 3 points4 points ago

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                    What's the difference between Christian Metalcore and plain Metalcore? August burns red sounds like absolutely normal metalcore to me. Is it just the silly lyrics?

                    [–]SenorChuckles 2 points3 points ago

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                    I dig me some Sleeping Giant and Close Your Eyes. I'm also an atheist, but some of these Christian bands have a intense stage presence. For Today is some serious shit.

                    [–]mintymoose 2 points3 points ago

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                    Ever noticed Christian metalcore often sounds remarkably like normal metalcore, after you've replaced the swearing with reference to god?

                    [–]honestcomrade 8 points9 points ago

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                    Hip-Hop.

                    no; I don't mean lil' wayne, nicki minaj, or drake, or pretty much anything you've seen on t.v. or heard on the radio. most of it independently produced, with a few turntables, an mpc, maybe a little synthesiser. I'm talking about original lyrics, too pertinent (most say conscious) for the masses to enjoy (they don't like to think!)...with some banging drums, really heavy bass, and lots of jazz/funk samples.

                    It's also a genre that is evolving constantly. and currently. some really reflective emotional stuff -

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsFL17DvOIA

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMs0P-e9CsQ

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010w1-HLV2U

                    [–]samineru 2 points3 points ago

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                    Hey, you probably already know about it but r/hiphopheads.

                    [–]auraslip 6 points7 points ago

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                    Mexican pop - catchy, upbeat, with great musicians and singers. Only I don't know wtf they're saying so the lyrics don't taint it for me like American pop.

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                    Drum & Bass, Submarines, by DJ Fresh!

                    [–]HeauBeau 5 points6 points ago

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                    I like Post Punk. Devo's Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy is pretty great, as is Talking Head's Love > Building of Fire, along with pretty much everything done by Talking Heads prior to True Stories.

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                    although both could fall under the post-punk umbrella, if you are going to single out devo and talking heads i'd go with 'new wave' as the genre.

                    Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! was a seminal new wave release.

                    [–]LordNorthbury 3 points4 points ago

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                    Rap: Immortal Technique's Dance With the Devil

                    [–]kirbsome 8 points9 points ago

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                    Psychedelic trance. No idea what song, probably something by Infected Mushroom.

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                    [–]JTruant 26 points27 points ago

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                    What about Drive Like Jehu, Rites of Spring or At the Drive-In or even some old Fall of Troy or the Blood Brothers? This new shit isn't post-hardcore it's just loud 4/4 emo.

                    [–]OhDonPiano 8 points9 points ago

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                    Drive Like Jehu, Rites of Spring or At the Drive-In or even some old Fall of Troy or the Blood Brothers.

                    All of that, plus Fugazi and Minor Threat.

                    This other stuff I call "pop post-hardcore."

                    [–]Ibuprofen_ 3 points4 points ago

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                    My friends and I have taken to calling it "brocore."

                    [–]RemusoRay 7 points8 points ago

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                    Bear vs Shark?

                    [–]Ibuprofen_ 11 points12 points ago

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                    God, thank you. This shit isn't even close to being post-hardcore.

                    [–]wheelss 3 points4 points ago

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                    Atmospheric Folk/Dark Metal. Agalloch - Bloodbirds

                    [–]Crack_Daniels 4 points5 points ago

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                    THE DISCO BISCUITS!!!!!!!!!!!

                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                    Trance.

                    Shpongle- I Am You

                    [–]Nav_Panel 2 points3 points ago

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                    I wouldn't call that Trance. More like Shpongle's unique brand of psychill.

                    When one says trance, people think of Tiesto/AVB. When one says psytrance, people think of Infected Mushroom. When one says Shpongle, people nod their heads in understanding that they have produced some of the most unique and awesome music in the past decade.

                    [–]pizzazzeria 3 points4 points ago

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                    Japanese Ska. "Tsumasaki" by Oreskaband.

                    A few other good ones: GO!GO! 7188 - "Make-believe World"

                    Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Pride of Lions"

                    And this one's Korean, "Okie Dokie" by Copy Machine

                    I always liked ska. While it's gotten stale over here, it's still pretty fresh in Asia. Although most of those links are a year or two old...

                    Edit: formatting

                    [–]sondoujun 3 points4 points ago

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                    nice selection! dunno if you'd be interested, but im a big Bagdad Cafe: the Trench Town fan. They're more reggae than ska, but they've got a damn good groove. this isn't my favorite song, but it's pretty good

                    Bagdad Cafe - Sunshine

                    My favorite is Mr. Raito, but it's not on youtube as far as I can tell.

                    [–]lolastrasz 3 points4 points ago

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                    Melodic Death Metal.

                    In Flames - Colony

                    [–]MouseSmoothie 5 points6 points ago

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                    Tech/death metal. Cynic - Traced in Air. The whole damn album. Not as deathy as Focus, but a freaking masterpiece all the same.

                    [–]thedesolateone 2 points3 points ago

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                    The vocals on Focus scared me so much I listened to it halfway thru' and haven't put it back on yet. Not as heinous as Demilich's Nespithe but their artificiality is weeeird

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                    The Bealtes, no dought

                    [–]lazysmartdude 4 points5 points ago

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                    Gypsy Punk- Gogol Bordello dub the frequencies of love

                    [–]seth11111 4 points5 points ago

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                    Heavy metal. Pantera - primal concrete sledge

                    [–]drmcgills 6 points7 points ago

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                    (some) new country. free and easy by dierks bentley. drivin with all the windows down listenin to that song on a sunny day... doesnt get much better to me.

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                    [–]mincerray 1 point2 points ago

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                    I'm a big fan of the pop music that was coming out of New Zealand in the 1980s. My favorite band would be the Clean, but a great introduction is this song, by the Tall Dwarfs. Neat video too.

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DfJc0Une5g

                    [–]paperman1 1 point2 points ago*

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                    Indian + Western Classical Fusion - Anoushka Shankar

                    [–]Thegoddamnpatman 1 point2 points ago

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                    The Jazz Music from the Lupin ost's really helped me learn to appreciate Jazz music more.

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J87XcsdPno Manhattan Joke Is my choice.

                    [–]LiamCC2 1 point2 points ago

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                    Shoegaze

                    Sweet Trip - DSCO http://www.we7.com/#/song/Sweet-Trip/Dsco

                    [–]zogwee 1 point2 points ago

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                    Classic Rock & Roll, there is nothing better!

                    www.totally-anon.at.tc

                    [–]Garg27 1 point2 points ago

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                    The first time I came across a song that wasn't mainstream was somebody sending me a link to ROYGBIV by Boards of Canada which is still one of the greatest Ambient songs ever made. I would (and frequently do) play this to many people who show an interest in what Ambient music is.

                    [–]vietnomnoms 1 point2 points ago

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                    Acoustic indie- Josh Ritter, The Temptation of Adam, Bombay Bicycle Club - Ivy & Gold, Blind Pilot - One Red Thread

                    [–]tatowtot 1 point2 points ago

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                    break beats. move on up, by lettuce!

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOiWxMKm50

                    [–]humbleopinions 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]sillygoon 1 point2 points ago*

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                      Gangsta Rap

                      Hello New World-Clipse

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlYrBi4ic8

                      *Since there seems to be an absence of rap here's another song that is dope but it's not gangsta

                      Jedi Mind Tricks- Uncommon Valor (A Vietnam Story)

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0KpWMNxnM

                      [–]pizzazzeria 1 point2 points ago

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                      Floyd is a genre, isn't it? and i'd play Run Like Hell

                      [–]washboardsam 1 point2 points ago

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                      Modern-day country that ain't the kind on the radio. Foot stomp non-corny jug band style.

                      Hackensaw Boys, with their song Radio.

                      [–]Supervisor194 1 point2 points ago

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                      My favorite genre is Electronic Dance Music and the first song I'd probably play these days is Baby Just Wants.

                      [–]Eywo 1 point2 points ago

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                      defined as progressive rock by wikipedia, Circa Survive

                      [–]TurtleSwagger 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]Tsucassa 1 point2 points ago

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                      "Chaotic Tribal"(?): The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove, Dead Can Dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9Z25_hF8I

                      [–]karb26 1 point2 points ago

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                      Pop-Punk: someone already posted Pray For Rain, so I'd have to go with The Wonder Years' new song, Don't Let Me Cave In: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeQ5BJdGoPE

                      [–]clarkbarz 1 point2 points ago*

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                      Space Disco or Nu Disco, basically 70's and 80's disco infused with new-age electro. Also, anything else vaguely related to that which sounds awesome. Here are a few of my favorites from the past few months.

                      I Will Come Back by Holy Ghost!

                      You Can Dance by Chilly Gonzales

                      Rolling in the Deep by Adele, Remixed by Villa

                      Enjoy!

                      edit: AKA Nu Disco, thanks to dr_mike_rithjin

                      [–]secaedelcielo 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]alexdoo 1 point2 points ago

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                      I don't know what genre the song "One Rainy Wish" by Jimi Hendrix would be categorized as, but that one. This song is a perfect example of music overall.

                      [–]adgre1 1 point2 points ago

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                      Pop Punk- Reckless Abandon- Blink-182

                      [–]ruforealz 1 point2 points ago

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                      The song that got me hooked on Bluegrass: Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

                      [–]bobdelany 1 point2 points ago

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                      Punk rock -

                      NOFX - Linoleum

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                      [–]Im80u16_Imhardusoft 1 point2 points ago

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                      Earth Ouroboris is broken, original drone doom classic...shortened version NSFW..http://youtu.be/7A3U7PWV0AI

                      [–]DagNasty 1 point2 points ago

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                      Folk Music by former punk rockers Chuck Ragan - The Boat

                      I'd go gay for Chuck /somehomo

                      [–]BourbonP 1 point2 points ago

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                      My favorite genre is grunge and I would recommend Rain When I Die by Alice In Chains

                      [–]phanfare 1 point2 points ago

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                      Drum Corps

                      There's no free video long enough to post, but I would show them Phantom Regiment 2008 - Spartacus

                      [–]Kenraali 1 point2 points ago

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                      Heavy Metal.

                      And I would recommend this.

                      [–]Moustachiod_T-Rex 1 point2 points ago

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                      While I know nobody will listen to this, I love this piece. Hiccups

                      [–]DemoHorse 1 point2 points ago

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                      Black metal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgDop5DFtfY is probably a decent example, given that it's a cover of a Bathory(instigators) song by Emperor(second wave stalwarts (read as 'second wave narwhals'))

                      [–]destructobot64 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]seasonofthesun 1 point2 points ago

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                      GLAM ROCK MOTHERFUCKERS

                      T Rex - Mambo Sun

                      [–]42z3ro 1 point2 points ago

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                      HOUSE!!

                      Official "Supermode - Tell Me Why" video

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTDeEJyCmNA

                      This is one of those classic tracks that transcends its genre and just about anyone will enjoy

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                      [–]Warbum 1 point2 points ago

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                      At the moment it would have to be symphonic metal. Would reccomend any instrumental song by apocalyptia.

                      For a specific song though elis- Core of Life http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxjqFr03I8

                      Allthough that is more gothic metal now that I think about it. So either gothic metal or symphonic metal.

                      [–]OKriomhaire 1 point2 points ago

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                      Old school hip-hop

                      A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

                      [–]Vapey 1 point2 points ago

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                      I'm addicted to hardstyle, It's all about the kick and the reverse bass! Donkey rollers-The fusion of sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmP0i6sGiFs

                      [–]saration 1 point2 points ago

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                      experimental/avante-garde/electro-industrial:

                      Judgement Hour by The Tear Garden

                      When I'm With You by The Legendary Pink Dots

                      Edaward Ka-Spel is a mad musical genius.

                      [–]yvaN_ehT_nioJ 1 point2 points ago

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                      My favorite genre would have to be breakbeat hardcore (or oldskool hardcore, rave, etc.)

                      As for a track I'd have a listener listen to, it'd depend on their tastes, because there is different stuff for everyone.

                      For a happy vibe, I'd pick something off the discographies of After Dark Records and its sub-labels. Probably "Odyssey" by The Sorcerer. Or "Universe Volume 1 Side A" by S. McCarthy & D. Charlesworth. "Music Takes You (War Mix)" by Blame would be a good one too, it was released on Moving Shadow Records.

                      On more of a darker/early DnB tip, something like "Valley of the Shadows" by Origin Unknown or "Black Rushin' (remix)" by the Anthill Mob.

                      For stuff with more of a "lose your fucking mind" feel to it, "Hardcore Will Never Die (Telepathic Mix)" by Q Bass, "Frequency" by Altern 8, "M.A.D (Massive Audio Disturbance)(remix)" by Wishdokta, or "Atheama" by Nebula II.

                      Sorry about the long post. The reason I'm listing way more than one song is that there are so many good tunes of this sort and there isn't any one that perfectly describes the sub-genre.

                      [–]leedali 1 point2 points ago

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                      RENAISSANCE music. No, I'm not kidding. It's hugely varied in style (due to the general lack of artistic contact in Europe at the time) and also awesome. And it's so many hundreds of years before classical music most people don't even incorrectly lump it together. A few examples from 5 minutes of looking in my Youtube favorites:

                      Voiceflute (recorder): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX_uB1EBy_A Harp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba7qSSwDjNw Lute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G23_pcCZkZg Voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpoge9tEK9o

                      I hope I inspire some more interest for such an ancient genre still alive and well today!

                      [–]manniac 1 point2 points ago

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                      Drum and Bass :D

                      I'll like to put this track up for your consideration, it's called Scribble by Underworld it works better if you just close your eyes, breath deep and enjoy the intricacy of it.

                      [–]GZAgenius 1 point2 points ago

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                      Blues: "How Blue Can You Get" - BB King, Live at the Regal

                      [–]cvframer 1 point2 points ago

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                      Dont push, on 40oz to freedom, promptly followed by 5446 That's My Number/Ball and Chain

                      [–]jma1 1 point2 points ago

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                      Trance:

                      Iio - Rapture

                      [–]PizzaClaus 1 point2 points ago

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                      Ska Punk- Point/Counterpoint by Streetlight Manifesto or Folk Punk- The List by Defiance, Ohio

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                      Hip-hop rap (of all genres.) I'd show them a song by The Roots because I feel The Roots encompass all of the different types of hip-hop in one extremely talented band.

                      One song Black Thought can be on his political, introspective rhymes and the next moment he can be spitting some straight gangster shit. Not to mention the raw talent of the band that is The Roots.

                      The Roots - How I Got Over shows everything I love about The Roots and rap music. Beautiful lyrics, beautiful instrumental (Questo, those drums!) and overall a song with a multi-message. This song obviously directly speaks to the struggle of kids on the streets of projects and ghettos, but as a person who did not grow up in the streets I can still take my own meaning from this song (this effect is strengthened by the last line of Black Thought's verse - "you just like I am.")

                      Love it. Got my Uncle who hates rap to listen to them and he liked it.

                      "I’m all cried out cause I grew up cryin’/They all got a sales pitch I ain’t buyin’/They tryin’ to convince me that I ain’t tryin’./We uninspired/We unadmired/And tired and sick of being sick and tired./And living in the hood where the shots are fired/We dyin’ to live, so to live we dyin’./You just like I am."

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                      Jazz has already been covered but

                      I like this for a Big band jazz song - Mingus Big Band Moanin (actually based on my favorite jazz song ever by art blakey and the jazz messengers)

                      And since my two favorite genres are jazz and hip-hop here is an amazing fusion of the two Russell Gunn - Epistrophy

                      [–]GoatseMcShitbungle 1 point2 points ago

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                      The Delta Blues.

                      Robert Johnson's "Come On In My Kitchen" (link is to video I made for the song.)

                      [–]Kentenathien 1 point2 points ago*

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                      Classic/Prog Rock. The Prophet's Song - Queen.

                      [–]amialiceglass 1 point2 points ago

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                      Psychedelic. Bluish by Animal Collective.

                      [–]Kazter 1 point2 points ago

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                      New Age Metal (Numetal?):

                      Tool - 10,000 Days - Wings for Marie Part 1 and Wings for Marie Part 2

                      Together these tracks are similar to Parabol and Parabola off of Lateralus, but I feel the 10,000 Days Combo Track really summarizes MJK and Tool's artistic style and usage of a wide variety of instruments and electronic influences. Not to mention together these two tracks come in at almost 20 minutes. Wings Part 1 is the buildup, Wings Part 2 is the coming down.

                      Electronic (Trance):

                      Deadmau5 - Strobe

                      Joel may be a newcomer with regards to "classically" trained DJs like Tiesto and Paul Van Dyke, but his style is on its own within the sub-genre of Electronica, Trance and Vocal Trance. I am partial to this sub-genre because it is easy listening and generally comes packaged with vocal notes or synthesized voices to round out the audio tracks. Strobe by Deadmau5 is completely instrumental and has highs/lows, it starts with a classic steady buildup and ends with a thumpy beat that won't let go.

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                      R&B -R.Kelly - Number One

                      [–]craftbot 1 point2 points ago

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                      Drum & Bass

                      Morning Light by Concord Dawn

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWMHqO3fjFg

                      [–]divineaphasia 1 point2 points ago

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                      20th century concert music (or "modern classical" which is the stupidest oxymoron conceived by musicians)

                      Too many favorites to mention. Here are some masterpieces that I rarely see make the lists here.

                      Gyorgy Ligeti, Etude 13: "The Devil's Staircase" (ignore the douchy intro/cinematography

                      John Adams, "Grand Pianola Music"

                      George Crumb, "Black Angels"

                      Luciano Berio, "Sequenza XIVb: Version for Contrabass"

                      [–]KingShish 1 point2 points ago

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                      Prog - Blackest Eyes by Porcupine Tree

                      [–]Hiperlicious 1 point2 points ago

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                      Post-rock - Parallel Highway by God is an Astronaut.

                      [–]strauje 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]touchcoma 1 point2 points ago

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                      I love rap, and the first song would be "No Kings" by EL-P

                      [–]Cyphr 1 point2 points ago

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                      Whatever you would call the genre Blend that Mike Oldfield does - Mike Oldfield - Far Above the Clouds

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                      [–]cuspidor 1 point2 points ago

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                      Django Reinhardt - almost any thing pre-war

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                      [–]bonerdonutbonut 1 point2 points ago

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                      According to iTunes, Alternative Rock. More speicifically, stuff like Sail to the Moon by Radiohead.

                      [–]seaofcheese 1 point2 points ago

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                      Primus Jerry was a race car driver by Primus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ2305fLeA

                      [–]RandomPerson99 1 point2 points ago*

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                      Hardcore This is probably crossing the boundaries of happy hardcore though

                      Hardstyle Just wait until the melody

                      UNCE UNCE UNCE

                      I don't know what genre this is but it's catchy Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul

                      [–]Dtomyn 1 point2 points ago

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                      Metal ... Twilight of the Thunder God by Amon Amarth

                      [–]esnir 1 point2 points ago

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                      I don't have a single, favourite genre, but I'm going to champion Italo Disco. It's a very fun, but under-appreciated, genre from the 80s. As disco died in the US and UK, it evolved in mainland Europe. Highlights of the genre are the primitive synthesizers which give it a unique and distinct sound unlike anything you hear today, and corny, often tongue-in-cheek. lyrics sung in English with thick European (usually Italian or German) accents.

                      It's not a genre to be missed if you're a fan of electronic music, so without further ado:

                      Swan - Don't Talk About It

                      It's not my favourite track, nor would I consider it the best of what the genre has to offer, but I think it encapsulates the essence of Italo Disco pretty well, which makes it a fairly ideal choice.

                      Not sure if this is cheating or not, but here are 3 more bonus tracks if you need further convincing:

                      Max Coveri - One More Time Fancy - Slice Me Nice Kano - Another Life

                      If you like what you hear, just send me a message and I'll share more with you.

                      [–]jftuga 1 point2 points ago*

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                      Jazz is my favorite genre:

                      Cakewalk (featuring piano)

                      Wave (sax) -- if you like this, he has many other great YT videos

                      I Remember Clifford (trumpet)

                      St. Thomas (sax)

                      Dreamer (sax)

                      Do Whatcha Wanna (brass band) -- love the tune and venue, the whistle is a little annoying however

                      Fred Wesley (trombone)

                      El Dopa (trumpet, sax,trombone) - it's not rock-n-roll, but this still rocks out.

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                      [–]Dinosaur_Hands 1 point2 points ago

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                      Technical-ish djenty metal: Sunrise, TesseracT

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                      It's not my favorite, but no one has mentioned it, so...

                      Martial Industrial.

                      Think ambient music with big boombastic war drums. Some people say it sounds like video game music, or "World of Warcraft" music, but a lot of the tracks have vocal parts, mostly non-english, and there can also be a bit of drone or dark-ambient mixed in.

                      Triarii - Muse in Arms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_OqAx4Zgfg

                      [–]barkingnoise 1 point2 points ago

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                      "Post-Emo Indie Rock" to quote fourfa. You're welcome to categorize it however you please, I really stopped caring about it some time ago.

                      Christie Front Drive - "Instant Romance"

                      Probably breaking some underground code-of-keepitunderground shit here but we'll know if I did.

                      [–]MelodyMan23 1 point2 points ago

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                      Singer Songwriter:

                      Love To A Monster by Okkervil River: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGWK7zd80k

                      This Year by The Mountain Goats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetIgGXH6DA

                      Inmates by Tim Kasher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz2XVSo1nAE

                      I've Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFN9C9PVpg

                      Clementine by Elliott Smith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfecAVzoPPk

                      River Man by Nick Drake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zCmCIsoAE

                      In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6H8WcTPnWM

                      [–]Jeeeeeves 1 point2 points ago

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                      Psychobilly - Mixture of rockabilly, rock and roll, and surf rock with a darker side and played with an upright bass for full effect.

                      Horrorpops - HorrorBeach Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_PwvCGyD3E

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                      [–]A_RedBull_Can 1 point2 points ago

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                      Mathcore. I would probably play the song Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants by Dillinger Escape Plan. Has almost everything that that band has to offer...besides the bat shit crazy stuff.

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                      [–]ktpa2 1 point2 points ago

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                      boards of canada, olson. enough said.

                      [–]prof_b 1 point2 points ago

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                      Debussy - Clair de Lune

                      [–]ZNaught 1 point2 points ago

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                      Trance

                      Kyau & Albert - Kiksu (2011 Rework)

                      Mat Zo - Superman

                      Dreas vs Alex Robert - Mormugao (Alex Robert 2011 Mix)

                      There is one rule however, you cannot simply exit due to a poor beginning, trance builds over time and is usually the best toward the middle section of the song.

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                      [–]highfiveanorphan 1 point2 points ago

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                      It's not my favorite per se, but I frequently listen to and love Death Metal. I'll just name a few good, quality examples that produce the maximum amount of 'Satan'.

                      Death Metal: Morbid Angel

                      Death/Doom: Incantation

                      Technical Death Metal: Gorguts

                      New Old-School Death Metal: Grave Ritual, Blaspherian

                      Black/Death: Prosanctus Inferi

                      Then there are things like this that are just way too awesome:

                      Finnish Death Metal: Adramelech

                      [–]TheZorch 1 point2 points ago

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                      Most definitely JPop: "Be The One" by BoA.

                      [–]tendeuchen 1 point2 points ago

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                      My favorite genre is: Tool.

                      For a first time listener, I'd play: Lateralus

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                      Stage Musicals

                      And I would definitely choose Defying Gravity from Wicked. The emotional intensity in that song almost made me cry the first time I heard it, and I'm pretty sure that others may be equally impressed.

                      [–]SwollenPickle 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]chL41 1 point2 points ago

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                      Trance

                      Tiesto - Adagio for Strings (maybe not the best, but the best for a first-time listener, it reflects very well the spirit of the genre):

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EaE0_gQLw0

                      [–]stusteen3 1 point2 points ago

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                      Deathcore - not a crowd favorite but its complexities amaze me

                      As Blood Runs Black -Beneath the Surface

                      also this intro... its so epic

                      [–]antiquekid3 1 point2 points ago

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                      TIL that Reddit has a wide variety of tastes in music, and I can appreciate that even if I don't care to listen to much of it. (I'm a classic/progressive rock guy myself)

                      [–]LarcusMywood 1 point2 points ago*

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                      [–]PlastixMonkey 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]wipeout 1 point2 points ago

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                      Garagepunk ...best parts of early rock'n'roll and R&B but with the ferocity of what would later be called punk rock. the Sonics "Psycho"

                      'nuff said

                      [–]leinae 1 point2 points ago

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                      I guess you could call it Post-Rock/Indie. Please listen to it, it's different from what it seems at first.
                      Air: Photograph
                      Sigur Ros: Njosnavelin
                      Grizzly Bear: Ready, Able
                      Jim Noir: Car
                      Jonsi & Alex: Indian Summer

                      [–]suprsolutions 1 point2 points ago

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                      I love all kinds of music. I noticed hip-hop has such a negative image. Here's some feel-good non-mainstream hip-hop

                      People Under the Stairs - Acid Raindrops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C32z9OBE3lo

                      And Post-Rock

                      Sigur Ros - Glosoli (If you're an Ent, meditate to this and create new worlds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_MJAOyOeU

                      [–]puppuppup 1 point2 points ago

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                      Chiptunes - Airbrushed by Anamanaguchi

                      [–]pmksb98 1 point2 points ago

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                      Although probably no one will see this: Rebetiko: Taximi Zeibekiko. The first part of the video is an improvisation that probably would discourage first time listeners. This is the music that people of the underworld of Greece played, mainly during 1920s and 1930s.

                      [–]Yiehtk 1 point2 points ago

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                      Symphonic Metal. Nightwish, in general, seems to be the forerunner of this genre, of which I would recommend Over the Hills and Far Away.

                      [–]Sebby12345XD 1 point2 points ago

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                      Metalcore...gonna get lots of hate from the metal fans but I don't really care.

                      Either:

                      Horizons - Parkway Drive

                      or:

                      Hoping To Dream And Never Return - Inked In Blood

                      [–]paulinek 1 point2 points ago

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                      This may come out of left field but I like Kwassa Kwassa and Soukous music from Congo. Here's Awilo Longomba for example. You have to party with African people to truly get into it. Also check out Esau Mwamaya He's Malawian from a group called The Very Best. They did this song with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend. It's my jam.

                      [–]CrackedNuts 1 point2 points ago

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                      Well, I don't have a specific favorite, but I like Death Metal, Metalcore and variations(Melo-death, Deathcore, the like).

                      For Death Metal: Nocturnal or Necropolis by Black Dahlia Murder

                      Melo-death: The Weak Willed or Six by All That Remains

                      Deathcore: This Is Exile by Whitechapel or either From So Far Away or Awaken the Dreamers by All Shall Perish

                      Metalcore: Probably The End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage, for something easier to listen to.

                      [–]MAGICBUM 1 point2 points ago

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                      Indie rap. Preference on subtle flow over aggressive

                      Try this out

                      [–]TheLemon22 1 point2 points ago

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                      Melodic Hardcore:

                      5 to 9 by A Wilhelm Scream

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pZstkiTg4

                      [–]olllie 1 point2 points ago

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                      My favorite genre is Tom Waits. The song in that genre I want to recommend is... Tom Waits - Come on up to the house

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                      Some great contemporary music from Scandinavia:

                      [–]ClearandSweet 1 point2 points ago

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                      My favorite music is famous artists covering Bob Dylan songs.

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E2vNfClimM - The White Stripes playing "Isis"

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkQpVgOcGVY - K.T. Tunstall playing "Tangled Up in Blue"

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9Qy4gy4Ro - The Rolling Stones playing "Like A Rolling Stone"

                      [–]TehCraptacular 1 point2 points ago*

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                      Symphonic/Power Metal

                      This stuff is really amazing, please give it a try!

                      Powerglove does metal covers of video game and movie songs. Pretty cool.

                      [–]BigMikeBigm 1 point2 points ago

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                      Math rock. I saw this band at a free coffee shop show and was pretty amazed. The drummer isn't the best, but i still think they're pretty good. They're called Trinitron Meets the Mars People Otter Pop! Pop! Pop!.Im not sure if this band falls in the same genre but they are still awesome band from JapanToe-C

                      [–]outofbeta 1 point2 points ago

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                      Folk Metal. I'd name two songs that I have people listen to in order to explain it.

                      Korpiklaani- Wooden Pints

                      Finntroll- Trollhammeren

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                      [–]FlaFlaFooey 1 point2 points ago

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                      Stoner/Sludge music for me. The first time I heard Boris by the Melvins, I couldn't believe what was going on.

                      For a first time listener, I'd totally suggest checking out Kylesa. They're pretty easy to get into you're willing to get into the genre.

                      [–]thugdogg 1 point2 points ago

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                      Bluesgrass.

                      Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show

                      Old Home Place by J.D. Crowe and the New South

                      Wait So Long by Trampled By Turtles

                      If you like these, I recommend the album "Blue Sky and the Devil" by Trampled By Turtles.

                      [–]Srgt_Pepper16 1 point2 points ago

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                      TIL what a massive variety of music the people of reddit listen to. So awesome to see :)

                      [–]beaverteeth92 1 point2 points ago

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                      I don't have a favorite one, but for jazz, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Just an incredible album in every sense of the word.

                      For fusion, Birds of Fire by The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Emergency! by Tony Williams. Just two absolutely energetic, mindblowing albums.

                      [–]BigBuck_CO 1 point2 points ago

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                      46&2 - Tool

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                      Symphonic Metal - "Planet Hell" -Nightwish

                      [–]Yodamanjaro 1 point2 points ago

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                      Trance.

                      I can't believe many haven't said this, so I'll list some tracks that I feel encapsulate the genre.

                      Vocal Trance - DNS Project ft. Johanna - Mindful (Project Whiteglow Vocal remix)

                      Above & Beyond - Sun and Moon (radio edit)

                      Luminary - Amsterdam(Smith & Pledger Remix)

                      90s (older) Progressive - Tiesto - Suburban Train (Original Mix)

                      Dream Trance - Robert Miles - Children

                      "New Age" Progressive - Beat Service vs. Solex - Nothing Less (Beat Service Tech Mix)

                      Epic Trance - RAM - RAMsterdam (Jorn Van Deynhoven Remix)

                      Dutch Trance - Josh Gallahan - 1st Strike (Original Mix)

                      There are many many more, but there's a subreddit for that.

                      [–]MArales314 1 point2 points ago

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                      This thing by Duke Ellington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez-ljQA2Kn8

                      Dog Breath in the Year of the Plague by Frank Zappa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyqvnA7XgZ8

                      [–]Streetster 1 point2 points ago

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                      Space Rock - Spiritualized

                      This is a great Remix of Spiritualized, a lot less "somber" but fucking fantastic

                      Shoegaze/Dream Pop - M83

                      [–]alexandraentendre 1 point2 points ago

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                      Ambient, and I'd pick The Album Leaf - Thule

                      [–]down_vote_magnet 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]Ruhbertay 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]onyxred 1 point2 points ago

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                      Not so much a genre (although, I will say this band stands alone), but my favorite band is Meshuggah. I heard New Millennium Cyanide Christ when I was in high school and thought, "This is pretty cool. I'll go pick up one of their cd's." I couldn't get Chaosphere in a store, so I bought Nothing instead. Holy shit, that album changed how I viewed music. When Catch 33 came out, I knew that, for me, this band could never be topped.

                      [–]Epyo 1 point2 points ago

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                      probably too late now, but

                      Video Game Music!

                      [–]vitrael 1 point2 points ago

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                      Death metal.

                      Bloodbath -- Eaten

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPvsKzrRi8

                      [–]arseneIII 1 point2 points ago

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                      Fantasy Metal, which has only one good band, and that's Manowar.

                      [–]Invocandum 1 point2 points ago

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                      Hardcore.

                      Either With Honor - Bridges and Gaps (http://youtu.be/k4jrJ9eKNK0)

                      Or Comeback Kid - Wake The Dead (http://youtu.be/xdSYfNMKFfo)

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                      southern gangster rap - lil boosie - we out chea

                      *edit i just realize i chose a baton rouge rapper to define the genre, my bad. here's mr. magic - white eyes. gotta rep the nola.

                      [–]BobCox 1 point2 points ago

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                      [–]tadghoc 1 point2 points ago

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                      Math Rock

                      Defined by the use of complex rhythms, layers and angular melodies. Though the songs may not always share very much in common, there's a much broader "sound" at play. Math-Rock can be a bit discouraging at first, but once you get into it, it's quite rewarding. Here's some tunes to try.

                      Battles-Atlas

                      Giraffes? Giraffes!-When The Catholic Girls Go Camping, The Nicotine Vampires Rule Supreme.

                      Don Caballero-Loudest Shop Vac in the World

                      Adebisi Shank-You Me

                      Tera Melos-Frozen Zoo

                      Lite-Ghost Dance

                      Enemies-Coco Et Moi

                      Gallops-Miami Spider

                      Redneck Manifesto-We Still Got it This song was really the gateway for me and it still does it.

                      Jogging-Threadbare

                      If you enjoy this I'd suggest checking out Dublin label Richter Collective as many bands above are signed to them. Also their ethos is great, all run by musicians and they've done great stuff for the Irish music scene.

                      EDIT: Links were a bit cluster-fucky.

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                        [–]RutgerB 1 point2 points ago

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                        Techno / Progressive House:

                        some gems: - Extrawelt - soopertrack

                        This list could become endless. but those give you a good grasp at my favorites

                        [–]irrezolut 1 point2 points ago

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                        Hip Hop - Aesop Rock - "No Regrets" - Labor Days Trip Hop/Hip Hop Instrumentals - Blockhead - "Insomniac Olympics" - Music by Cavelight

                        They're slightly related. Blockhead did a lot of production for Aesop Rock in the early 2000's.

                        [–]NatKing 1 point2 points ago

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                        Math Rock.

                        Examples:

                        Colour Minus The Bear

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                        [–]jsharpie 1 point2 points ago

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                        Bluegrass, and I would recommend one of my favorite songs of all time: Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show

                        [–]alinot 1 point2 points ago

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                        Since we're trading genres, I was just wondering if someone could ID the genre of Mouse on the Keys because I'm having trouble coming across more of it. Last.fm thinks they're math rock but none of the other bands tagged as such are remotely similar.

                        [–]Poydflink 1 point2 points ago

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                        It's sad that this is so buried and nobody will notice this gem:

                        Hard Rock - Led Zeppelin - The Ocean

                        That solo is a dream...

                        [–]ExPatBadger 1 point2 points ago

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                        avant-groove jazz, a la Medeski Martin and Wood's Uninvisible

                        [–]jim888lu 1 point2 points ago

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                        Jam/Neobluegrass fusion

                        String Cheese Incident- Black and White

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCODxHMwuEo

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                        Not all time favorite, but I really like math rock. I'd introduce Atlas, by Battles.

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                        Industrial, and I'd play Front 242 - Headhunter

                        [–]BlackThought27 1 point2 points ago

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                        Old school hiphop

                        Hands down, the first thing that came to my mind was Wu Tang Clan. I have shown people both C.R.E.A.M. and Method Man. Sometimes they really get turned off by the fact they aren't produced as loud as things are now so I have to show them newer stuff from Wu Tang members like Raekwon.

                        If you haven't noticed, I really like Wu Tang Clan. I still like new rap, and if I had to show someone production based rap from recent I think it wouldn't be disputed that Kanye has the most stylish beats. See: Dark Fantasy

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                        I don't know exactly what it's called. it varies per album I guess.

                        A Day To Remember - Downfall of us all

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                        I like a lot of subgenres that include metal, hardcore and pop punk For someone that doesnt like any of these I like to play A Day To Remember's cover of Kelly Clarkson's Since You Been Gone, especially to girls who dont understand how I can like anything harder than whats allowed on the radio

                        [–]Cahli_Ghostie 1 point2 points ago

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                        indie pop rock: I have been recently really getting into this band they are super catchy and their lyrics are really clever, Jukebox the Ghost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii5RHU8yVDc

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                        Rap/Hip Hop. Vague, yeah, but I listen to all of it.

                        For a really impressive song, try Black Star - Thieves in the Night

                        And if you're more in the mood for a fun fast-paced song: Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin'

                        [–]ejlilley 1 point2 points ago

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                        French songs from the late middle ages (Ars nova), mostly by Guillaume de Machaut.

                        You will not be disappointed! Try it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHzPcPHmNJQ (The voices of the Orlando Consort are utterly beautiful in this recording.)

                        When asked to recommend music, I don't see why one shouldn't start at (almost) "the beginning".

                        [–]D3ltra 1 point2 points ago*

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                        Blues/southern rock... Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues

                        [–]NowReadItAgain 1 point2 points ago

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                        Psytrance

                        A Psychadelic Trip or Sa'eed by Infected Mushroom

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                        Not sure whats their "called" as I've heard them referenced as Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal and just plain Metal. Whatever their called...The Sword rules. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFWoDlygXKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjtXEJ64C8I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdfYVfHK3HQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp

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                        Progressive Metal

                        Backwards Marathon - Between The Buried and Me

                        Honestly though, you cant go wrong with BTBAM. I haven't found one song I didn't enjoy; just check out anything from their last three albums (colors, the great misdirect, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues). They have a wide range of musical styles within their songs and they are all incredibly talented musicians.

                        [–]dangerelton 1 point2 points ago

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                        bookmarking.

                        [–]lasttoknow 1 point2 points ago

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                        TIL that Redditors have great taste in music. I'm loving everything on here!

                        [–]HonorAmongSteves 1 point2 points ago

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                        Swing.

                        Not my favorite, but I'm sure it's not elsewhere on this list.

                        [–]curious_skeptic[??] 1 point2 points ago

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                        Jazz - What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

                        [–]ctrl_alt_del_ 1 point2 points ago*

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                        British Alternative/Goth - The Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love

                        Brazilian Rock circa 1988-90 - Legiao Urbana - Faroeste Caboblo

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                        Best. Thread. Evar!

                        Hiphop dj RjD2: Ghostwriter

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                        [–]FANGO 1 point2 points ago

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                        Whatever "The Faint" is.

                        Glass Danse

                        [–]dunkleheit 1 point2 points ago

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                        Indie rock- Modest Mouse Polar Opposites

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                        • Genre: Pitchfork-core
                        • Song: My Girls
                        • Artist: Animal Collective

                        Song here!

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                        Slowcore/Sadcore: Carissa's Wierd - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave

                        *EDIT: I suck at formatting.

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                        Lyrical hip hop: Black Star, Binary Star, Ras Kass, Common, The Roots, and throw in some Tupac and Biggie for good measure.

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                        Dirty fucking electro. For a first time, Illmerica by Wolfgang Gartner.

                        [–]ryanmchurch 1 point2 points ago

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                        Reggae\Rock... Or you could just call it "stoner music".

                        Pepper - Stormtrooper

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVkvcYO0Is0

                        Slightly Stoopid - This Joint

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMZ_phnrKL8

                        The Expendables - Sacrifice

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPyClNoZ1I4

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                        "Indie-Rock"

                        Pavement.

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                        Power electronics, goes like, SKKKKMMMKKMKKKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE3EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, "ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGJHHHHHHHH, I HATE EVERYTHING!" SKKKKMMMREEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSDDD!

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                        Early 90's Industrial. Ministry - Just One Fix

                        [–]ayb 1 point2 points ago

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                        Colin Hays, Overkill

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                        [–]redditis4queers 1 point2 points ago

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                        My favorite genre is radiohead. I would play anything by radiohead.

                        [–]JustTrollingYou 1 point2 points ago

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                        Kpop, and GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY BABY BABY.

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                        New Balkan!! (and other weird-ass world fusions)

                        Balkan Beat Box - http://youtu.be/6z0Z2vALLrE Devotchka - http://youtu.be/lX4R4UjV5AE Boom Pam - http://youtu.be/85MYl2ok1VE

                        ok, back to work....that's all I could come up with now, will add more if the ppl want it

                        [–]schizophonic 1 point2 points ago

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                        Hip hop and I make em listen to American Terrorist by Lupe Fiasco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTULR-WS5Yw

                        [–]SOulde89 1 point2 points ago

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                        man reddit be white as hell.

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                        Metalcore Dead by April - Stronger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cObJjKdWlKo

                        [–]wangruo115 1 point2 points ago

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                        Hip Hop

                        Brother Ali - Us

                        [–]LubedWookie 1 point2 points ago

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                        Alternative: Radiohead - Talk Show Host, Bishops Robes and Fog. Thrice - Digging My Own Grave, The Lion And The Wolf and Digital Sea. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia, Map Of The Problematique and Exogenesis Symphony Part 1. Arctic Monkeys - Jeweller's Hands, Pretty Visitors and Potion Approaching. Kings Of Leon - Cold Desert, Closer, Revelry, and The End

                        Sorry, I get carried away. I die for music.

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                        Metal:

                        Napalm Death - You Suffer

                        [–]GroundhogExpert 1 point2 points ago

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                        Prog rock, either Delirium Trigger by Coheed and Cambria or Lateralus by Tool

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                        Country Gothic: 16 Horsepower

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                        alternative rock like cage the elephant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27TRan1SBI great song

                        [–]SAMDOT 1 point2 points ago

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                        Rock. All Along the Watchtower-- Jimi Hendrix.

                        [–]RainbowYawn 1 point2 points ago

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                        Psybient and Goa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN1bJ7n--6Y Shpongle is probably the most virtuosic representation of this genre. This song is incredible as well.

                        [–]SolarClipz 1 point2 points ago*

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                        Old School, Meaningful, Conscious Rap and Hip Hop

                        I cannot stress the annoyance I have with people that think the bullshit they hear on the radio is the genre. No, that is pop music.

                        I would have them go deep right away: Patience - Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relatives

                        Nas is my favorite. The man is a genius.

                        There are hundreds of rap artists that actually speak something meaningful, but no one ever hears them.

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                        Recent punk rock, because when people talk about punk they never seem to mention anything made in the last ten years

                        RVIVR - Edge of Living

                        [–]mentalcaseinspace 1 point2 points ago

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                        Melodic death metal aka. gothenburg metal First song I'd recommend is probably this one by Dark Tranquillity

                        (a newcomer tip to growl vocal music is to see the vocals as a rhytm instrument, not a lead. In this genre it's the guitar's that are the song for me)

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                        indie rock

                        the national: mr. november

                        I really think this song captures the visceral feeling of invincibility and the infinity in ourselves of this odd genre

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                        Try Happy Hardcore, 170bpm music that kids used to dance to till the sun came up. Scott Brown - Elysium

                        [–]bleezniak 1 point2 points ago

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                        Lyrical Genius: Bright Eyes - "Waste of Paint" or "Landlocked Blues"

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                        [–]thebrokenlight 1 point2 points ago

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                        Cosmic experimental pop

                        The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?

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                        You know, I've always thought I had a strange taste in music. No one really seemed to like the same stuff I did. But, then I'd go to concerts and they'd sell out. What gives? Are my tastes too 'Mainstream'?

                        My fav genre is hard rock/nu-metal. Disturbed, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Drowning Pool, Three Days Grace, so many other bands, that almost never get mentioned. I don't understand.

                        Anyway. My go to songs would be:

                        Disturbed - Stupify

                        Drowning Pool - Turn So Cold

                        Dope - 6-6-Sick

                        Three Days Grace - The Good Life

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                        90's country all the way! Gimme some steel guitar, and to hell with talentless losers. I would have to play at least a few songs to a first-time listener, aside from every last George Strait song that's ever existed.

                        Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson

                        Dream Walkin' by Toby Keith

                        Texas Tornado by Tracy Lawrence

                        I Can Still Make Cheyenne by George Strait

                        Nothing but the Taillights by Clint Black

                        Everywhere by Tim McGraw

                        There's so much more, and I'm sure I missed some more important ones simply because there's so many great songs.

                        [–]moebis 1 point2 points ago

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                        Pinback - West / Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet / My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power

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                        [–]snootchie26 1 point2 points ago

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                        Southern rock - "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by The Allman Bros. Band

                        Seattle sound (aka grunge) - "Rain When I Die" by Alice in Chanis

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                        Ska! Ska! Ska! More specifically Third Wave. Don't get me wrong, I love two tone but third wave is where it's at. Whenever I introduce people to Ska I generally start out with either

                        Point/Counterpoint- Streetlight Manifesto (AKA The best band ever) Shining On- Big D and the Kids Table Mary Melody- Mad Caddies

                        P.S Sorry for the lack of links, posting for my phone

                        [–]13143 1 point2 points ago

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                        Metal, more specifically, Post Metal, and even more specifically,
                        ISIS - Dulcinea
                        ISIS - Garden Of Light
                        ISIS - Weight
                        Pelican - Drought
                        Intronaut - Any Port

                        [–]ekwenox 1 point2 points ago

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                        anything strange or out of the ordinary. nothin from the radio... mr bungle - air conditioned nightmare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4rqXqpLCZ0

                        [–]schmitty22 1 point2 points ago

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                        Math rock: super mathy, look up a band called nuito. Medium mathy: all we need is a little energon and alot of luck- meet me in st Louis. Lightly mathy: chinchilla- this town needs guns. Also just as a REALLY good band to throw out there, ANIMALS AS LEADERS- all their music

                        [–]gaze 1 point2 points ago

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                        Mellow russian progressive house. If your only introduction to electronic music has been angry brainfucking dubstep, this is maybe the opposite. Super warm and relaxing. Mango and Arthur Deep are really the only two that produce music like this. I highly recommend Soundprank, Jaytech, and Madeye if you want something a lil' funkier.

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baiEI-llZds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX06gLAd4eg

                        [–]redalert007 1 point2 points ago

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                        Pictures at an exhibition, classical piece made for piano. Modest Mussorgsky, Russian.

                        Played in classicarl guitar by Yamashita: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FNlwmpU7Rk Piano version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7I284Xf3k Orchestra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5r8sa863Ts

                        If you want to have the full experience, read the story first, then take a look at the original pictures...then you can really feel the music.

                        :)

                        and finally, anything from Inti-Illimani: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5RpuhnymRE

                        done! :)

                        [–]lindh 1 point2 points ago

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                        Electronic -- Roygbiv by Boards of Canada

                        [–]sackosalad 1 point2 points ago

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                        Genre: Jazz Fusion Artist: Greg Howe Song: Crack it way open

                        Music for the musician.

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                        New Age Folk Music

                        Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mR8Z-gmK1g One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

                        G. Love - Fixin' To Die http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPH3dPQkIc

                        I also love the Avett Brothers. IMO, some of the best music out there.

                        I love music, it's my life. I run a music website with news, reviews for shows and albums, and new music. If anyone is interested, I'd love for reddit to see it! newmusicmonkey.com!

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                        Well for me it's between melodic/prog death metal:

                        Opeth - The Lotus Eater

                        Threat Signal - Through My Eyes

                        and good ol' New Wave of British Heavy Metal:

                        Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name

                        Motorhead - Ace Of Spades

                        Although my favorite bands range from Lamb of God to The Hives to Anthrax to whatever else I happen to find to be good.

                        [–]darkershadeofblue 1 point2 points ago

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                        Hip hop. Deltron 3030 is a song that I have listened to for years and years and still manages to sound fresh each time.

                        [–]walkingonthemoon 1 point2 points ago

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                        Aesop Rock. nuff said

                        [–]Ant1-Hero 1 point2 points ago

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                        Black Metal - Peste Noire - Spleen or Phalenes Et Pestilence - Salvatrice Averse

                        [–]Frostatine 1 point2 points ago

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                        My Interpol Pandora station has reached perfection:

                        Digitalism, Cat Power, Band of Horses, Modest Mouse, Feist, Interpol, Bloc Party, Radiohead, Guster, Tegan and Sara, Tokyo Police Club, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, The Strokes, Daft Punk (occasionally), Arcade Fire, The XX, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rogue Wave, Queens of the Stone Age, Mute Math, Xiu Xiu, and that's in the last 2 hours.

                        All of these bands are worthy.

                        [–]Ant1-Hero 1 point2 points ago

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                        Lonndom - nordafejd or anything from the falen fran norr album

                        BEST BAND EVER!! LISTEN TO THEM!

                        FOLK METAL

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                        My favorite type of music are two genres I guess post rock (instrumental rock) / post metal (not always instrumental) and Metalish music ( not a fan of metal music , just certain bands) Here are a few links to songs I believe that are amazing:

                        Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day

                        This Will Destroy You - There Are Some Remedies Worse Than The Disease

                        BARONESS - A Horse Called Golgotha

                        Pelican - Last Day of Winter

                        Red Sparowes - Alone and Unaware....

                        Gojira - Flying Whales

                        [–]swired 1 point2 points ago

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                        Drum & Bass

                        I really don't know what song I would play for a "first-time" listener, because it's too different, like some early Pendulum's tracks, DJ Fresh, London Elektricity, Logistics, Camo & Krooked, Netsky... The genre have too much variations and sub-genres (liquid for example). But I'm sure that I would recommend UKF Drum & Bass 2010 and Drum & Bass Arena Evolution & Anthology.

                        Dubstep

                        Dubba Jonny - UKF Dubstep Tutorial

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                        I like alot of jazz/ rock ensembles. Mainly an influence on the former though i find less i like on it. I really like down-tempo on a lot of it, especially with bands like to find too obscure time sigs, or too many simultaneous melodies. though here is some of my favorites Tortoise- Can't really go wrong, though keep in mind the newer stuff is more "Rock-esque" and the later is "jazzier" TNT is my favorite album by far though. Sea and Cake- Same drummer as Tortoise, but has Sam Prekop (pretty good singer) they do some interesting instrumental stuff. There s/t is the best Sharks Keep Moving- The lead singer of Minus the Bear's band before, Pause and Clause's EP is one of the best things I've ever heard Toe- has a Math Rock influence, but they don't over-do anything and don't have overlaying melodies. Relaxing and interesting. Mercury Program- One of the best post-rock bands... period. Cool sounds with a Rhodes and vibs, and lots of delay on the guitar. The drummer is awesome- there somewhat unconventional because they don't have half there songs ambient noise, which is one reason why i like them. Tristeza/ Jardin De la Coix- Prog. bands, tristeza is more psych. Later stuff is more interesting imo. Jardin is a spanish math-rock, pretty good, not alot of stuff on youtube though. Contemporary Noise Quintet/ Sextet- good jazz band. Excellent dynamics though they push on some conventions and touch on avant-garde in the quintet. Sextet is more modern jazz, the songs off that album are more hit or miss imo. Lite- Like toe, earlier stuff more typical of mathy bands, but later stuff is good, Sun Sank, Vermillion, Sequel to a Letter, and Image game are all good songs.

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                        Mathrock

                        Tera Melos - Last Smile For Jaron

                        Although they avoid labeling themselves "math", there's no denying their weird rhythm changes and odd song structures.

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                        I'm usually more the stereotypical pitchfork.com indie hipster, but to pick something I lately have a soft spot for (and most of reddit probably doesn't hear about ever day): New German electro pop.

                        Deichkind - Ich Betaube Mich

                        Grossstadtgefluster - Weil das morgen noch so ist

                        Laserkraft 3D - Nein, Man!

                        Probably more fun if you understand the lyrics, but I love dancing to that shit, lately. Neon colors FTW!

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                        Rap (the smooth kind) While we have one section of rap that's basically hip-pop, playing in the radios and clubs, and this other section filled with the glamour of gangs and guns, I prefer the comfortability of this smooth jazzy culmination, with a garage cypher feel, aka the Bay Area's Living Legends.

                        Pop this one in next time you drive at 2am.

                        There's something addicting over this repeating keyboard, that jazzy sax (or is it a trumpet?), that chorus with a harmony that shouldn't even be a harmony, but somehow is.

                        Also feel Blu & Exile Shing02/Nujabes(song-luvsic pt.2), Consequence (song-disperse), Rey Resurreccion(song-lioness) and of course, Slum Village.

                        [–]lostmessage256 1 point2 points ago

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                        genres are way too big to pic a single song from. That being said, Alternative and "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard

                        [–]flarbas 1 point2 points ago

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                        An interesting way to show how Country is fun and unexpected is the epic collision of Willie, Waylen, Kris and Johnny.

                        Enjoy: http://youtu.be/uw1bHaUk1CM

                        [–]MadMatt86 1 point2 points ago

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                        Classical, O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.

                        [–]azombiekitteh 1 point2 points ago

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                        Post Hardcore

                        The Blood Brothers

                        Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck

                        Definitely the song that made me fall in love with them, and realize that I have Johnny Whitney's voice, exactly.

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                        At this point in time I would pick ska and would you be impressed by Streetlight Manifesto. All their songs are pretty awesome though. They are very consistent with the quality in the sense that they don't go out of the boundaries of what they are trying to do but still mix it up a little.

                        [–]hydrogarden 1 point2 points ago

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                        IDM/Ambient/Downtempo:

                        Telefon Tel Aviv - Sound in a Dark Room -- enjoy!

                        [–]MasterThomasPopkiss 1 point2 points ago

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                        What an awesome thread.

                        My favorite type of music is alt-country with a twinge of southern gothic.

                        And I would recommend for the first timer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdUJeZhx62Q

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                        Dream Pop:

                        Would definitely recommend M83. Some other classics by them: 1,2,3...The third, 3, is my alltime favorite. It conjures up and image of a single astronaut climbing a mountain on some distant planet..Oh the inevitability of death.

                        Something so eerily violent yet beautiful about their music. I would venture and call it "Space pop" (because it's lonely like the vastness of space)

                        [–]JohnicYouth 1 point2 points ago

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                        Old post-hardcore.

                        Even extending to some old-school emo:

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                        Trip-hop is my favorite genre. Black Milk by Massive Attack is a good trip-hop song that represents the genre pretty well.

                        [–]Anztac 1 point2 points ago

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                        No one will see this, but I keep coming back to Bossa Nova... some recent favorites include:

                        ... Also I like Glitch Hop, but that's sorta unrelated.

                        [–]postmoderno 1 point2 points ago

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                        jazz. "afro blue" john coltrane

                        [–]blindlikeacloud 1 point2 points ago

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                        Post-rock. Anything from Sigur Ros.

                        [–]EdwardOnly 1 point2 points ago

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                        Post-Hardcore. Defeater

                        [–]theconservativelib 1 point2 points ago

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                        Hip Hop - Wu Tang Ain't Nuthin' to F@#$ wit!'

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                        [–]BradMW 1 point2 points ago

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                        Bluegrass. Wagon Wheel by OCMS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gX1EP6mG-E

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                        [–]Afroraptor 1 point2 points ago

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                        Jazz- So What by Miles Davis Modern Rock- Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand Classic Rock- Black Dog by Zeppelin

                        [–]TheRealDagYo 1 point2 points ago

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                        Alt-Country / No Depression

                        Anything by Jason Isbell but streetlights is a start. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcx3Vt3aAwA

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                        [–]Commander_Q 1 point2 points ago

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                        Rock and Roll.

                        "Karate" by the Emperors. Best recorded piece of popular music in history.

                        [–]schadenfriend 1 point2 points ago

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                        Midwest pig fuck noise rock, Cows - Hitting the Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiHWOWBOBZ0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

                        [–]ceris 1 point2 points ago

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                        If you like Industrial: Skinny Puppy's Smothered Hope is a must. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xodnJOGAetI

                        [–]deorul 1 point2 points ago

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                        Blues Eric Clapton and B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues

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                        [–]Clay_Pigeon 1 point2 points ago

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                        "Nerdcore" Hiphop - MC Frontalot - Nerdcore Rising

                        Nerdcore is basically just old style Hiphop with nerdy lyrics. porn, starwars, and computer stuff.

                        I also love:

                        Sea shanties - Tom Lewis - All at Sea though unfortunately he has no official music online. I've seen him live many times, and volunteered on some Tall Ships with him. There is a bunch of really good Polish stuff too.

                        It blows that I can't search inside the unloaded comments, so I apologize if these have bean said already.

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                        the small nyc ska scene known to listeners as "crack rock steady" the main band in the scene known as leftover crack who's members have been playing since the early 90's.

                        i would suggest the song "Crack Rock Steady" by choking victim or "Crack City Rockers" by Leftover Crack. both songs were written by singer/guitarist Scott Sturgeon AKA Stza Crack

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                        Australian Rock:

                        Crowded House - Dont Dream It's Over

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                        Hip-hop.

                        Probably Chemical Calisthenics by Blackalicious. Not my favorite hip-hop song, but its a rap about chemicals by one of the best MCs. How can you not like that?

                        [–]Apoc04 1 point2 points ago

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                        band of horses, but im privy to dubstep.

                        [–]xpictoc 1 point2 points ago

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                        Djent for the genre. And Meshuggah-Straws Pulled at Random. I can't listen to other music the same since this band. The rest of djent mostly sucks as they are just blatant rip-off's of Meshuggah.

                        [–]domdawg 1 point2 points ago*

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                        Late 70's early 80's funk and soul music. The more overproduced and cocaine fueled the better.

                        Rick James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1IqW8su-4Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUPBUb4yZUw

                        Zapp&Roger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci6immkDauI&feature=related -the synth that comes in at 2:15 or so is orgasmic to my ears

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK6wOG_aDl8

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eksaGYygLsw&feature=related

                        Midnight Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOIvkW4HjE

                        Cameo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fkI6Wg06I

                        some of my favorites.. youtube quality doesn't do them justice.. best to be heard on a sunny day with the windows down at high volume.

                        [–]creporiton 1 point2 points ago

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                        someone compile grooveshark playlist with all suggestions?

                        [–]Billy_Pilgrim 1 point2 points ago

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                        Ancient Sacred Music. I'm sorry I don't have a link as I'm on my phone, but Anonymous 4, An English Ladymass.

                        [–]FlRE 1 point2 points ago

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                        K-pop!

                        Girls' Generation: "Gee"

                        :P

                        [–]aposteriori 1 point2 points ago

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                        This isn't a genre, as such, but I think everyone should fall in love with Chopin's piano compositions at some point in their life. Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGRO05WcNDk A bit of a cliche, but I think it is the best way into the Nocturnes, which serve as the best way into the entire Chopin canon. From there you can get into the rest of Romance music: Schumann, Beethoven, Vaughan-Williams, etc. I have to say, though, as much as I admire other romance-era composers, I always end up going back to Chopin.

                        [–]RachaelEvans 1 point2 points ago

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                        Sophisticated popular music - anything by Nickelback

                        [–]Jorgeen 1 point2 points ago

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                        I'm a man of many genres, my likings vary from hip hop to metal to post-hardcore to trance. But I would choose progressive house and one of my favorite artists, Deadmau5. I'd probably choose either Strobe [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84TYi3FOMlU&feature=related] or Faxing Berlin [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTxNTxTtm0]

                        [–]lucasskoff_100 1 point2 points ago

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                        Jazz Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle

                        [–]Chosokabe 1 point2 points ago

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                        Tough to give any particular favourite... The music I regularly listen to is usually in three categories:

                        I mostly prefer downtempo music, like acid jazz, trip hop, or any music that labels itself "chill". If I wanted to give someone who wasn't familiar with that sort of music an idea of what it's about, I'd either direct them to Sirius' Chill station or the free streaming Monkey Radio (it has an old playlist that I don't think has been updated in years, but it's free and is a good sampling).

                        At the same time, I'm a sucker for electronica of many varieties, but most particularly chiptunes. I direct anyone who expresses interest to She Music where several albums are available for free download (pirate protip: they're all free if you're clever, but please buy them if you like them). Everyone should give Coloris and Pioneer a listen, but almost his entire discography is in my regular playlist.

                        Last but certainly not least, I almost always download the soundtracks of games I have played. I have an associative memory and just hearing the songs brings memories, stories, scenes, and experiences rushing back. 8 and 16 bit chiptune soundtracks and the synthetic sound of 32 bit scores always bring a smile to my face.

                        Really though, I'll listen to just about anything once. There's very little music out there that is truly unlistenable, keep an open mind and don't give up on artists or genres just because you haven't yet found something to like. I usually only find a few songs in an artists discography that I enjoy enough to listen to regularly.

                        [–]pygmyshrew 1 point2 points ago

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                        Genre: Businessfunk (business presentation music from the 80s)

                        Song: Businessfunk 1, 2 and 3 by datassette. So cheesy it'll have you smiling, or striding purposefully down a carpet-tiled corridor.

                        [–]triteusername 1 point2 points ago

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                        Big Band/Big Band Swing. Ain't that a kick in the head - Dean Martin. Pretty much anything from Sinatra

                        [–]fryingcreeman 1 point2 points ago

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                        Techno/House from the Early-to-mid-90s with acid (Roland 303) elements:

                        Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase (Original club mix) ... Goosebumps & gurning faces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJAAALhC78

                        Cherry Moon trax 1 - The house of house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZMf716hCZw

                        Awex - It's Our Future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9s5R8uSoq8

                        DJ Misjah & DJ Tim (X-Trax) - Access: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4joooH5tg

                        Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f7cylz6tl4

                        Josh Wink - Don't Laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFfydjatQMU

                        DJ Scot Project - U: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT6FrT8gj9o&

                        Mori Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Remix): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZ9HYCAknc

                        Resistance D - Inexhaustibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-76LOr21bHo

                        Not really classifyable, but great:

                        Wildchild - Renegade Master: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4o9bSorf4

                        There's lots more, I was just too busy dancing to remember the names of the tunes.

                        [–]Novocaine43 1 point2 points ago

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                        Low Rock.

                        Morphine - I'm Free Now

                        [–]Timmac 1 point2 points ago

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                        Grindcore- anything by anal cunt.

                        [–]magicroot75 1 point2 points ago

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                        Will someone PLEASE make a Grooveshark playlist of all these songs?

                        [–]mattmccordmattm 1 point2 points ago*

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                        Post-Punk seems to be a little known genre these days (atleast in the states) with some great and talented artists.

                        Marquis de Sade - Skin Disease > check the dance moves on this one.

                        The Chameleons - Second Skin > one of my favorite post punk songs.

                        Wire - Reuters > this album came out in 77 when punk was supposedly "just breaking." Well ahead of it's time.

                        The Sound - Golden Soldiers > R.I.P. Adrian Borland a brilliant song-writer and lyricist.

                        Joy Division - Interzone > Definitely one of the better known bands of the genre.

                        EDIT: Joy Division.

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                        Liquid funk, it's drum-and-bass but with more layering and a lot smoother sound that has a better atmosphere. It's chill as hell and it's totally stoner music or music you can listen to while staring off into space, just thinkin. Plus you can also dance to it, which is great.

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI129fqXNu8

                        I don't know if this is liquid funk or another kind of DnB, but it's still a fucking spectacular song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClEbqHbLnKY

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                        Badass Rock

                        Tom Waits-Heartattack And Vine

                        [–]skankindude 4 points5 points ago

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                        Ska - What a Wicked Gang Are We by Streetlight Manifesto. Not particularly typical of the genre, but my favorite in it.

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                          [–]everythingthatflows 2 points3 points ago

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                          Dubstep:

                          WubWubWub

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                          The breakdown at 3:20 made me want to fight a baby

                          [–]dayglodaze 3 points4 points ago

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                          because i have music adhd. aesop rock- daylight agent orange- too young too die ...and you will know us by the trail of dead... -sunken dreams atmosphere- smart went crazy at the drive in- pattern against user bad brains- at the movies bear vs shark- song about old roller coasters the brian jonestown massacre- open heart surgery the briefs- like a heartattack citizen fish- back to square one clap your hands say yeah!- gimmie some salt the clash- lost in the supermarket chocking victim-infested the cramps-like a bad girl should dead kennedys- holiday in cambodia dead milkmen- bitchin' camaro death from above 1979- pull out the distillers- sing sing death house G.G. Allin- gimmie gogol bordello- alcohol iggy pop- i wanna be your dog janis joplin- summertime john brown's body-pressure pionts lagwagon- sick leftover crack- baby punchers meat puppets- plateau the mighty mighty bosstones- royal oil modest mouse-the view morning glory- gimmie heroin mother mother-verbatium nofx- 60 % no cash- kill your parents the planet smashers- psycho neighbor slightly stoopid- this joint the specials- mirror in the bathroom tiger army- psychobilly velvet underground-sweet jane the vines- spaceship

                          [–]Wizardof1000Kings 9 points10 points ago

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                          metal One - Metallica

                          [–]Khiva 7 points8 points ago

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                          At least hook the brothers up with a link.

                          [–]druidjc 3 points4 points ago

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                          Agreed. All of these other metal suggestions are way too narrow. Who cares about a sub genre of metal with 4 bands performing it? When introducing someone to metal, school them in the classics and let them pick their own niche.

                          Megadeth - Tornado of Souls

                          [–]iLEZ 4 points5 points ago

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                          Fundamentalist born-again evangelical american neo-country. 16 horsepower/Woven hand! Please tell me if there is more like this. Dirty Blue by Woven Hand exemplifies the feverish energy in David Eugene Edwards voice.

                          Godless stereotypical reddit atheist here, but this music speaks to me, and i don't care about the philosophical issues i might have with the lyrics if i chose to.

                          Bonus videos, Not One Stone, As i went out one morning.

                          [–]DragonDan95 1 point2 points ago

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                          I dont have any favourite genres but I do like this rap song. Listen to the lyrics, it must have taken ages to write. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M72zVuBNpEA

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                          Glam.

                          I tend not to introduce this genre to first-time listeners because it seems to be an acquired taste, but one might as well start at the beginning.

                          Also, anything by Queen.

                          [–]export40 3 points4 points ago

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                          Somehow thinking about Reddit's core demographic, I will hazard a guess that post rock and progressive (Dream Theater, not Pink Floyd) rock will probably be pretty high up there.

                          Checks

                          Yep. But also impressed with the diversity covered by the replies.

                          [–]alang 3 points4 points ago

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                          I'm not.

                          The top 20 are basically all American/Western European straight-line music. Almost all of them are 'genres' that were created in the last 15 years. The first one that actually surprised me (since I knew there'd be one classical thread near-ish the top) was Zydeco, which is currently at #23.

                          Post-rock, Dub-step, Chillwave, Shoegaze (...?), Desert Rock, Acid Jazz (30 years old), another post-rock, stoner doom metal, someone who doesn't know what Jazz Rock is advertising something that isn't jazz rock, Funk (finally something with some actual history)... and so on.

                          [–]Reingding13 2 points3 points ago

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                          Socially based hip hop is my ish. The song I would make somebody listen to is "Self Determination" by Blackstar. It has one of the freshest lines in any song. "At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?"

                          [–]thedesolateone 1 point2 points ago

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                          Black Star are the absolute shit, IMO their best song is Respiration tho' (wonderful video too).

                          [–]xluckystar 2 points3 points ago

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                          Electronic Dance Music, what everyone refers to as "Techno". I like most of the subgenres; Trance, House, DnB, Hardstyle and some Dubstep. Mainly trance though: Tiesto- Elements of Life, Armin Van Buuren-Mirage are imo good intro-to-trance songs.

                          [–]iSketchead 3 points4 points ago

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                          Indie Rock Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

                          [–]Mohoy 2 points3 points ago

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                          Tatu - all the things she said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGBaXPlri8 obviously the best duo ever. . .

                          [–]baconlube 3 points4 points ago

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                          Metal - Lamb of God - Ruin

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFm9v0wvEnw

                          [–]makubex 2 points3 points ago

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                          Ashes of the Wake is where its at. Such a solid album.

                          [–]Arekussu 1 point2 points ago*

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                          I really am not sure what genre he is exactly, but Serj Tankian epitomizes the music I listen too. As for a song, Left of Center sums the genre up nicely, I think.

                          Borders Are.. is also great.

                          [–]teamr0cket 1 point2 points ago

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                          if you want real metalcore and people want to take you seriously,

                          1. Veil of maya
                          2. After the burial
                          3. Periphery
                          4. Within the ruins

                          [–]nolcat 1 point2 points ago

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                          Melodic death metal- Black Waters by Insomnium Ska punk- Alternative Girl by Reel Big Fish Underground rap- The Inkwell by Blue Scholars

                          [–]seiggy 1 point2 points ago

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                          I am disappoint...I expected at least someone to list nerdcore...so I guess I will!

                          Favorite artists so far:

                          MC Frontalot - It is Pitch Dark

                          MC Chris - Nrrrd Grrrl

                          ALMOST FORGOT! 8 Bit Boys! - 8 Bit Diagrams

                          [–]seydar 1 point2 points ago

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                          Nrrrd Grrrl is UNREAL. MC Chris is my boy, always putting out good tracks.

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                          Dubstep - Mt Eden Dubstep - Sierra Leone

                          First dubstep song I heard! to this day I love it

                          [–]bumblefuck 1 point2 points ago

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                          Gypsy Punk. I'd start with Gogol Bordello's Wonderlust King or Start Wearing Purple.

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                          [–]TheHappyRogue 1 point2 points ago

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                          Thank you for my entertainment for the next 3 weeks everyone

                          [–]JLoose111 -17 points-16 points ago

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                          TIL everyone on Reddit listens to shitty music

                          [–][deleted] 21 points22 points ago

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                          This thread has hundreds of artists and songs from dozens if not hundreds of genres and sub-genres. TIL that you're not very thoughtful.

                          [–]Resist 30 points31 points ago

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                          Yeah, no one has even mentioned Rebecca Black yet.

                          [–]fazzah 2 points3 points ago

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                          Even if someone listens to her, it's their taste; what I think of her / her music / etc is irrelevant. Don't like, don't listen.

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                          Justin Bieber is critically acclaimed, and my brother likes him; most people, it seems, don't. Critics don't like Nickelback, but they have lots of fans, including my dad. Rebecca Black has been panned by critics and she doesn't have lots of fans; she's famous for being bad, not for being good.

                          [–]FerrisWheelsDayOff 52 points53 points ago

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                          TYL music is subjective.

                          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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                          What do you listen to?

                          [–]eltule 1 point2 points ago

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                          I still can't get over the fact that multiple said "chillwave" is their favorite genre of music ever.

                          [–]wats8976 3 points4 points ago

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                          Only in the ska threads.

                          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                          Can you grace us with your superior music taste then?

                          [–]mariorising 1 point2 points ago

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                          Whoa whoa whoa... you mean people can like different things than you? Fuckin' weird, man.

                          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                          It's nice to see that with your statement, you also posted your favorite genre of music. Oh wait...

                          [–]jingowatt 1 point2 points ago

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                          Challenge accepted. Joni, Cab Calloway, Duran Duran, Dead Can Dance, Jose Gonzalez, Ennio Morricone, Nick Drake, Trentemoller.

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                          My favourite genre of music is music. Not to belittle anyone's preference in genres, but ultimately I don't think it's interesting to think of music in terms of genres. Obviously they exist, but to categorize into genres or sub-genres is, for me, uninteresting and only something I dabbled in in my teens (that makes me sound old...).
                          I guess what I'm getting at isthis: don't let genres limit what type of music you listen to (not saying it does for you, but some are so attached to a certain genre it's ridiculous). It will greatly broaden your interest in music if you keep an open mind and listen to everything that simply pleases your ears.

                          [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 4 points5 points ago

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                          I basically stated that in the original post; genre listening is not my interest and I moved past thinking of things in those terms a long time ago. It's stupid to deny that people have a fondness for a particular genre of music though, as widely varying in sound that genre may be. I'm just asking to gather other people's thoughts.

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                          Didn't mean to give the wrong impression. In some instances, like your thread for example, it does simplify things for the purpose of discussion.

                          [–]cloink 2 points3 points ago

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                          Hear hear.

                          If you like "gender benders" check out Jamie Woon, a bit of a rising star currently (and somewhere between dubstep and new soul, if you'd want to classify it at all...)!

                          [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 1 point2 points ago

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                          I saw him at King Tut's in Glasgow a wee while ago! Went for the support act Ghostpoet without knowing anything about Woon himself. Blew me away, amazing voice. I was really high too, which didn't hurt.

                          [–]cloink 1 point2 points ago

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                          Haha, I know what you mean, he is great live...

                          In all seriousness, he's becoming one of my favorite artists all-time quickly. His album has been on repeat for about 2 days straight (even as I type this) and the whole family loves it. It's been a while since that happened...

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                          I once said pretty much this to a guy I had just met after he asked what sort of music I listen to.

                          There was a slight pause after I finished, at which point I said "That sounded so fucking pretentious, didn't it."

                          It was a statement, not a question.

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                          Technical death metal. I'd play Stabwound by Necrophagist.

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                          Open Your Eyes and Look North - Dance Gavin Dance

                          Kind of a post-hardcore fused with soul? Ish?

                          Anyway, each member brings something different. So incredibly unique for a genre of complete clones.

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                          Synthpop

                          Tesla Boy - Spirit of the Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b7cj4zWiyo

                          Or more house-y Bag Raiders - Way Back Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSgcOuh9j7Y

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                          God I love Tesla Boy. For a more vintage example, Depeche Mode - Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)

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                          I love hip-hop music, always have and this is the song that had me hooked on the first listen.

                          Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxmaYKK2DPc

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                          live electronica, at least that's what I call it- check out Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9), "Peoples" and "Instantly" are my personal favorites

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                            Shoegaze,Drop nineteens - Kick the Tragedy

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                            Hip Hop in it's roots.

                            I said a hip hop, Hippie to the hippie, The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it To the bang bang boogie, say, up? jump the boogie, To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwaW4cZNwRk

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                            Grindcore, Spicy Delight by magrudergrind

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                            I like polish music, maanam ,

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                            Loikamie - Trinkfestigkeit Oi!

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                            I've been trying to find some really chill hip-hop. Some great songs I have are:

                            The classic Sunshine by Atmosphere

                            Morcheeba feat. Slick Rick - Women Lose Weight - this song is also hilarious

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                            Hip hop(mainly underground) isn't necessarily my favorite genre, but it's the one I find myself introducing people to most often.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pADgllloQg4

                            Also, Zeppelin did so many rock genres better than any band I've ever heard. Bring It On Home(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX5yhpO52AA) is my favorite blues rock song ever, and Dazed and Confused(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pau8Zf7srlU) is, in a lot of ways, heavier than most metal nowadays.

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                            Jam Bands Max Creek Leaves http://vimeo.com/19852197

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                            Psychedelic rock: So Begins Our Alabee, by Of Montreal

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                            Skweee is one of my favorites, but definitely the least known of all the genres I listen to.
                            Eero Johannes - We Could Be Skweeeroes. Minimal, funky, and, and downright fun.

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                            Irish/Celtic Instrumental Flook - Wrong Foot Forward or Flook - The Tortoise and the Hare

                            Looking at the genres represented here, I was into most of these at one point or another, but Celtic music is the one genre I could say I will always love the most. My current favorite bands are The Mars Volta and the Red Hot Chili peppers, but I wouldn't expect anyone to like those as much as me ;)

                            On the other hand, I can see everyone enjoying a band like Flook for instance. I recommend the whole album Haven

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                            Not sure what to call the genre - maybe experimental folk/indie? In any case, this cover of Grizzly Bear's Shift by Levek is incredible

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                            Moodorama's Never mind is everything I like about listening to some good music at a mid night cruise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd_VFbRbS0Y&feature=artist

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                            jazz, and strode rode from saxophone colossus by sonny rollins.

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                            Alternative. Something by say Anything.

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                            Classical music. I suggest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGdFHJXciAQ

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                            Post-Metal. In Fiction by Isis. My favourite song.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTAkBRe6aI

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                            I love your variation!

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                            Lately I've been on a huge glitch kick... edIT and The Glitch Mob are great, Pretty Lights has some tracks that are pretty glitchy (although I don't know that I would really classify him as a glitch artist)

                            http://8tracks.com/citizeninsane/stay-crunchy

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                            Glam Rock.

                            I'd probably have them give either this or this a listen.

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                            Modern Hardcore-Stick To Your Guns-"Fire with Fire"

                            I only suggest this because it's the song that introduced me to the genre. There are a decent amount of bands--in the genre--that play with meaning. Others just like to ride the coattails of other bands: writing songs that already have been hits. I understand that it might not be everyone's "cup of tea," but there is some talent.

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                            id start with something along the lines of Have Heart, Verse or Another Breath

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                            Electro-industrial. I started this a bit into the track as it has a long intro (good one though) and best it to put on some Bose headphones!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfRba5LWrk4#t=1m20s

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                            this is a really good post for me. since im a synesthete and there is so many colors to listen to. =D

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                            Alternative Metal -

                            Face to Face - Sevendust or World So Cold - Mudvayne

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                            underground hip-hop: http://youtu.be/0794IvqFHEo (although atmosphere isn't too underground anymore, this is a great collab and starting point.)

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                            Folk Rock/Indie Rock

                            The Decemberists - On the Bus Mall --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-fC-iQjg8

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                            I love songs with children playing in the background, there should be a new genre of music based on this.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe4EK4HSPkI&feature=relmfu

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_l9ZMUWd68

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                            Old School Hip-Hop and Modern Experimental/underground hip hop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Qr5oKKP-M

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                            Happy Hardcore

                            Four Year Strong - Bada Bing Wit A Pipe

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMhfzsMHQtc

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                            I like flamenco:

                            Canaveral - De Madera

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                            rock. rolling stones: gimme shelter.

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                            Dub, Reggae, and the like. Outta control, by Slightly Stoopid.

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                            Norweigian Prog/Jazz Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws25EyTGdTg

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                            Underground Hip-Hop

                            The Dive by Eyedea

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                            Alt-rock - Cake: Palm of Your Hand

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                            Folkmetal / Viking metal - Heimwarts by Equilibrium

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                            Americana, Roots, Folk Rock. Pretty much what The Band, Dylan, early 70s Grateful Dead, Neil Young. You would have to go with "The Weight" by The Band. It's their most well known but also their best. Other notable tracks in this genre include "Down by the River" Neil Young, "Girl from the North Country" Bob Dylan, and "Ripple" Grateful Dead.

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                            70s post-punk art rock - especially Television - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFx3vaHxGk

                            And weirdly anything that says how bad TV is for you - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOWTM5R2DA

                            Props for one of the greatest questions I've ever seen on Reddit!

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                            ska.

                            Superman by Goldfinger

                            Not my favorite ska song, but a lot of people are familiar with it via Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and have no idea theres a whole genre out there. Streetlight Manifesto is the band to listen to if you want to hear more.

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                            Blues: Buddy Guy's "My Time After a While" (original version)

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                            I don't prefer any specific genre. I love what a good crescendo can add to a song, and I don't think it gets much better than Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt.

                            So that is the song I would share.

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                            Melodic Death Metal, people cant get past the screaming part... I would diffidently say Blade in the Snow, but the song isnt full on youtube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2qlUsHAcc If you even partially enjoy it try their album.

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                            Country

                            Hank Williams is what got me started with country.

                            Waylon Jennings.

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                            prog metal- Between the Buried and me- White Walls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn81ux108hw

                            Jam- Umphrey's Mcgee- Mulche's Odyssey/Immigrant Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsHwOzbHOBQ&feature=related

                            Prog rock- Liquid tension Experiment- Paradigm Shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMsuz24-ds

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                            It seems like people prefer moods instead of genres.

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                            Outlaw country; Townes Van Zandt.

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                            Drum and Bass - Black Sun Empire - The Cooler (Audio Mix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTb8ChIRXk - really just anything by BSE :)

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                            Traditional czech folk song Yes, I do sing in this choir :)

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                            Lately, it's been metalcore. I would recommend PsychoSocial by Slipknot.

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                            Turkish cross-cultural folk, but genres don't translate as well from Turkish. Kardes Turkuler is the best example. Also Swedish Folk Rock is pretty amazing like Heningarna

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                            Fado. This one.

                            [–]wheniseducejessica 1 point2 points ago

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                            Wow. My grandmother sang that specific song sometimes.

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                            I like all types of music myself but if I had to choose my favorite it would be heavy metal. Favorite band would definatley have to be Pantera and their song Broken. Love that fucking song. The best metal performance ever. So sad I'll never be able to see them in concert. RIP Dimebag.

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                            Industrial -- The Tower That Ate People by Peter Gabriel.

                            Yeah, that Peter Gabriel. I'm not particularly a fan of his but I love this one song. And I'm not sure that it's industrial, but it sounds like it to me. Information out there is kind of sparse, so if anyone can enlighten me, I'd love the help.

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                            Some industrial fans ("rivet heads") would be very upset that you called Peter Gabriel industrial. I'm not that guy, but if you're curious, check these out :

                            Einstuerzende Neubauten - "Abfackeln" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJWD8zUODGs Throbbing Gristle - "Discipline" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8klW9trVTQ

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                            Southern Classic Rock:

                            Lynyrd Skynyrd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuQEmUTEtlQ

                            Dixie Dregs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VohubM8Hls4

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                            I want to spread some love for GOA-trance/psytrance, but i have a hard time to find only one track to represent it... so try some Cosma, Zen Mechanics and U-Recken

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                            Post Hardcore

                            This could be anywhere in the world by Alexisonfire.

                            The chorus gives me chills, there are so many great singers out there that don't get the respect they deserve simply because they sing with heavy bands.

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                            Punk folk acoustic. And I'd play anything from the first self-titled album by the Violent Femmes. I'd probably just play that whole album.

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                            I went threw 200 posts, but didn't see this one so i figured i would add Electropop to the list. and passion pit.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RvPYRRRbE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-Ul5qnLeQ&feature=relmfu

                            I don't have a "fave" and i listen to about everything but i do like passion pit. comes with being a synesthete. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

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                            Stoner metal isn't my definite favourite, but it's up there. Dragonaut, by Sleep is without a doubt the best song to introduce to someone, stoner-metal-wise.

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                            Post Grunge, British post grunge to be precise!

                            Vex Red, Can't Smile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imUpKL8iOGY

                            Also, as everyone else is suggesting a few, so I'll also suggest, Hundred Reasons, I'll Find You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EkL6lnLzc

                            [–]nothing_too_fancy 0 points1 point ago

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                            progressive jam

                            Umphrey's McGee - Miss Tinkle's Overture

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bn2dwp81bk

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                            I'm really not sure what the accepted genre is for this kind of music but Mishaps Happening by Quantic.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH4JAFYczwA&feature=channel_video_title

                            Edit: also Stay with You by Lemon Jelly

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERwYBwldPs&feature=related

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                            I really got into what ever the chemical brothers are after seeing Hanna this song did it for me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb6ZuyPSxhM

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                            Modern Folk. A.A. Bondy - Rapture

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                            I have always loved electronica, here are some choice tracks:

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                            Favorite genre is Dr. Dog

                            I would play Jackie Wants a Black Eye

                            I think just looking that up on YouTube will probably get me on another two-month bender of Dr. Dog. Seriously, that band is unreal.

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                            Soundtracks. The Borgias (Showtime) theme.

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                            Call it post-rock or whatever the fuck you want, but give this a listen.

                            Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

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                            90's hardcore.

                            Trial - Are These Our Lives? Unbroken - Life.Love.Regret. Catharsis - Samsara.

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                            Techno, start you off with this: Laurent Garnier - The Man with the Red Face

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                            math rock. Hella - Been a Long Time, Cousin or Tera Melos - 40 Rods

                            math rock definitely has the worst name of any genre, though. it's just a prog rock/punk mix with a tendency to instrumentals

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                            Here's a vote for being against genres in principal, whether it's music, books, movies, or whatever. I like Animal Collective, Bach, Electric Wizard, The Kinks, Babajanian, Mastodon, Dave Holland, Dr. Dre, etc.

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                            This is the most positive and edifying thread I've ever seen on r/music. Not pretentious, devoid of hard headed opinions and arguments. Thanks for the idea and thanks for everyone's suggestions.

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                            Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Providence (Post-Rock)

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                            Indie Folk Rock. Andrew Bird-Anonanimal

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                            Dubstep is the genre for me right now. But the good kind. In The Middle (The Streets) - Nero Remix

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                            Melodic Death Metal

                            Dark Tranquillity - Punish my Heaven

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                            Good shit

                            RATM - Freedom

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                            Progressive Metal (Instumental only): Long Distance Calling They don't have a singer and the music is just magical. I know that song is long but it is totally worth it!

                            Also, Maybeshewill

                            Here is a Progressive-Metal/Math-Metal band with vocals that I admire very much: Textures

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                            Power Metal Kamelot - Center of the Universe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVW9GezQ0k

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                            Rap. Nu Thang.

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                            Also love power pop. It's kind of a fake-genre and takes its name from a term Pete Townsend used to describe the Who. Came into prominence in the 1970s and has proven to be very influetional. Some of the defining songs are:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA Big Star - September Girls

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7-ol-TG2o Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmJ-ZWSOA8 The Nerves - Paper Dolls

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                            Electro pop, Metronomy - Radio Ladio.

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                            Power metal Off of Blind Guardian's Nightfall in Middle-Earth, Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)

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                            Punk.

                            There's a zillion and a half subgenres, from folk-punk to anarcho-punk and pop-punk, and crossovers with metal and trash and yadda yadda.

                            But, perhaps the best punk song of all time, encapsulating the radical politics and anger of 80s punk... is by Chumbawamba.

                            I'm serious.

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                            Right now 'Folk metal'- id reccomend Korpiklaani Wooden Pints as its the song that first got me into the genre

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                            Rock - Alice in Chains - Rain when I die.

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                            Hardcore: Tilde by Touche Amore.

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                            Punk: London Calling

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                            rock - all along the watchtower by jimmy hendrix

                            thats the first rock song i was introduced to. life hasn't been the same since

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                            Honestly, there are way too many good songs out there to really choose one.

                            But Better Days by Goo Goo Dolls would be near the top.

                            or

                            Careless Whisper by Wham

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                            How about a bit of chiptunes? A form of electronic music where the tools consist of hacked video game console soundboards, often 8-bit era stuff like Gameboys and NES.

                            Anamanaguchi does some pretty amazing work with this, though they describe themselves as "8-bit punk rock", since they play a 4 piece band supporting the synth. Fast Turtle is a great song. As a bonus, although this isn't their normal sound, I loved this acoustic performance of Airbrushed.

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                            Symphonic metal: I'd recommend My Lost Lenore by Tristania. Vibeke Stene's vocals are incredible.

                            Also a related genre is power metal with [The Haunting by Kamelot)(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I438RH1oUJc). I adore Roy Khan's voice.

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                            Progressive Rock - Porcupine Tree's Anesthetize.

                            It's the perfect blend of classic progressive rock, psychedelic ambiance, and the modern fusion of progressive rock with metal.

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                            Alternative/ Prog Rock, for someone who has never really listened to Prog or Alternative Metal/Rock before, I'd recommend these songs:

                            H. by Tool

                            Catamaran by Kyuss

                            Frame by Frame by King Crimson

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                            Korean rock music.

                            I would pick something by Jaurim, which is a pretty accessible band to westerners. Otherwise, I would show them some Cherry Filter.

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                            I came here to say Trip-Hop & Jazz-Hop (Nujabes style) but there's 3 or 4 posts of that already...

                            Haven't seen Trip-Electro yet so here you go:

                            Crystal Castles - Vanished

                            If you like it send me a PM, I'll send you a links to my favorites by them.

                            EDIT: Also Electro Swing

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                            Probably my favorite discrete genre, or family of genres are the main Jamaican tradition: rocksteady, ska, reggae, dub and dancehall.

                            Anton Ellis's "I'm Still In Love With You", is amazing to me. It has so much feeling that it blows away all the bearded sentimental white college dude songwriters that get adored on r/music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR8XrBKLc1E

                            Also here's Yellowman's "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EtSPUAFkeg

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                            I love classical crossover: Vivo Per Lei

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                            Genre: Thinking-man's Rock. Nomination: Rush. (Of course it probably also counts for "Forever alone geeky teenagers with angst", but let's keep it positive!)

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                            Glitch! Relatively new genre (also potentially called Glitch Hop, or probably some number of other names)

                            Here is edIT of The Glitch Mob.

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                            Celtic / New Age

                            Celtic Woman: Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears!

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                            Modern bluegrass: Sam Bush

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                            Hip Hop. I'd have to go with Juicy by the Notorious B.I.G. I don't want to go into a lot of detail about why hip hop is my favorite genre, but it just does it for me. The one thing I'll say for what the music has brought into my life is that, over the years, it has helped me learn to not judge people.

                            Some all time favorites:

                            • Drop by The Pharcyde (Includes my favorite hip hop music video ever): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

                            • Hip-hop Saved My Life by Lupe Fiasco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPiKKfcjI-4

                            • How Will I Make It by Big L (I urge EVERYONE to listen to this song. Brutally and terribly honest. I think listening to this song was a watershed moment for me in truly understanding the void between myself and a culture I wasn't born into. I'd like to point out it's one of the most raw songs out there, and he doesn't swear once in the entire thing. FYI: Big L, before he was murdered, was in my opinion the most prestigious rapper of ALL TIME. He was certainly one of the best freestylers, and died when he was 25 [2pac and the Notorious BIG also died when they were 25, incredible when you stop and think about. It makes me sad that they had so much more music in them that will never be heard]).

                            • Rewind by Nas (where he raps the song backwards): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Sd2gDkSV8

                            • Beef by Mos Def (for anyone who makes unfounded generalizations about rappers being ignorant): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T56a8Apkr98

                            • And We Danced by Macklemore (Macklemore is a Seattle MC who is starting to get big. He is incredible live, and has GREAT energy. He is also funny, witty, and ranges his songs from emotion tugging to fun, wild, and crazy. And We Danced falls in the latter category, one I thought redditors would enjoy): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI2IJ9FBb-Y

                            • Dreams by Little Brother (In my opinion, the best hip hop group ever): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phno9K6fdlI

                            • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Jay Electronic (in which he raps over the theme song from the movie, which is looped over and over again, and where Jay also inserts audio clips from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWc4DG1s53g&feature=related

                            There's SO many more, ugh! The more songs I put down the more songs I want to include. Honorable mentions include Talib Kweli's Everything Man, Common's The Light, Atmosphere's Fuck You Lucy, Lauryn Hill's The Ex Factor, and RUN D.M.C's My Adidas.

                            Classic/Legendary Hip-Hop:

                            Of course, there are TONS of 2pac songs that I haven't mentioned, but that's just because I can't choose one right now. I'm going to go get my iPod, lock myself in my room, and listen to some of these jams while I sip some brews. Thanks for this thread!!

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                            Ah, I don't know what genre to place them but Queen obviously, and would start with Bohemian Rhapsody

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                            The one band that I am constantly (and usually successfully) trying to push onto everyone I know is the electronic group Telefon Tel Aviv.

                            It defies genre, but the terms dreamy, dancy, melancholy all apply.

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                            I listen to a lot of Ambient. I would recommend Hammock as a first listen. If you like, try Flica (more obscure and less-known artist, but my personal favorite). For perhaps a bit more upbeat stuff, try Akira Kosemura.

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                            Alt.Rock - Possum Kingdom by The Toadies

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                            The Grateful Dead

                            and I would play all of 5/8/1977 at Cornell University

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                            Under my thumb by the rolling stones

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                            I've been listening to Alt Rock since forever but I recently (~a week ago) discovered this magical thing called dubstep and I've listened to nothing but this since.

                            Honestly I don't know any of the artists or songs, I just turn on Pandora and rock out while driving. There are a few songs which are incredible that I've heard but I've not been able to write them down (driving). The louder it is the better it makes me feel :) .

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                            I like experimental rock bands like animal collective. You should check out the song Who Could Win a Rabbit

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                            Post-Hardcore Letlive - Muther This band is a breath of fresh air in an often criticized genre.

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                            Went to their CD release last month. ll.etlive seriously knows how to play music. That whole CD is refreshing. I've been dick riding those dudes for some time, now.

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                            Yeah, I'm hoping to see them live next time they are in my area. Fake History is one of the best albums ever. It's also good to see these guys are getting more well known.

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                            Folk grass- old crow medicine show- wagon wheel.

                            This is a great song for people who r not really into bluegrass. If u find you like it then check out more of their music. Favorite albums by them are ocms (self titled), and big iron world.

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                            Nice range of tastes here... also interesting to see joy division transmission posted as post-punk by two different people

                            yea i'm surprised at the range of stuff here

                            these aren't favorite genres, but genres i feel are probably underrepresented here

                            minimal techno: anders ilar - september nights [this is for you christos] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSx7lXF6OWM

                            witch house: "if u cAn dR3Am - pRinc3ss3s?" GR†LLGR†LL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHL-QL525-M&feature=related

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                            Right now it's modern Cello with folk influence. Though I don't really know how to categorize Takenobu... Instrumental Example and Vocal Example

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                            Awesome rock blend of what seems like progressive, hardcore, math rock, alternative: The Fall of Troy - Mouths Like Sidewinder Missles

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                            rock and roll, garage rock, folk and psychedelia. <--- According to Wikipedia.

                            Alone Again Or by Love

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                            I like really cheesy punk rock, so I'd probably play them some bad religion, to ease them into it, but really, to get into the cheesy stuff, I'd want to play them Alkaline Trio - Lied My Face Off. I'd probably have to introduce people to this emo shit when they've broken up with someone.

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                            Hardcore: The New Black by Every Time I Die.

                            Also, Indie rock/lo-fi: A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus

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                            Metalcore August Burns Red - "Meddler"

                            Extremely skilled musicians making out-of-the-ordinary genre defining 'metalcore'. For any and all fans of technical guitar work OR drumming.

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                            Hip Hop...

                            Brother Ali - Forest Whitaker

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                            Noise/noise rock is one of my favorite genres. Sonic Youth is definitely one of the best ways to get into it, so, depending on the person, I'd probably start with one these:

                            Rain King

                            JC

                            Green Light

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                            New Wave-synth pop: The The - Uncertain Smile

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                            Power Violence.

                            Trash Talk - Explode

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                            Progressive Rock/Metal: Dream Theater: The Glass Prison Prepare for 14 minutes of epicness!

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                            Progressive Metal Mastodon - The Czar

                            Here is a live version.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nr-jQsIExc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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                            Irish Punk:

                            Dropkick murphys- The Dirty Glass

                            The Tossers- Siobhan/ Whiskey makes me Crazy

                            The Pogues- The Sickbed of Cuchulainn

                            Flogging Molly- Factory Girls

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                            Drum and Bass, maybe Just One Second - London Elektricty (Apex VIP)

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                            I'm picking two:

                            Industrial Rock: Nine Inch Nails - Wish

                            Indie Folk Rock: Bon Iver - Lump Sum

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                            Power Metal

                            Symphonic Metal

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                            Flamenco! It's hard to choose only one piece, here it is: Almoraima.

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                            Bluegrass (or "New-grass"), Trampled by Turtles - Empire

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HBQ7g6u8I8

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                            Glitch Pop Every Day-Girl Talk Song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo5bBq2j2EE

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                            Canadian Rock: The Night they drove ol dixie down - The Band.

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                            right now, thrash metal.

                            i would play them Megadeth Tornado of souls

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                            I cant believe nobody has mentioned blue grass! Wagon Wheel is absolutely amazing.

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                            my first reddit post...like old dj reggae and rock steady...trinity's top ranking is excellent. tons of great music here ty all for sharing.

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                            i'm so impressed by what i've seen in this thread! fuck yeah, reddit!

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                            Pirate Metal aka Alestorm, start with Keelhauled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Z_psXODw

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                            Indie hip-hop. The song I'd play... probably Reflections by Atmosphere, though it's pretty well-known.

                            I'd also play Smile by Eyedea and Abilities and Searching for Some Beautiful by Sadistik.

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                            Cocky Rock: Television - Venus Strokes - any song from the first 2 albums Kinks - Set Me Free

                            Laid Back Summer Gloomy Rock: Tame Impala - Lucidity Deerhunter - Little Kids Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Sky

                            Contained Modern Punk: Muslims - Extinction Black Lips - Modern Art

                            Electronic: Crystal Castles - Air War Digitalism - Pogo Justice - Phantom Bloody Beetroots - Warp 7.7

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                            The genre of "hillbilly jazz" the artist Vassar Clements and the song "Necropolis."

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                            Melodic Hardcore

                            Bane - Count me out

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                            Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

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                            Southern Rock Blues

                            My favorite song is "Stormy Monday" performed by the Allman Brothers on their live album "At Fillmore East".

                            Duane Allman is my favorite guitarist of all time by a huge margin and he shines on that song like none other.

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                            Mash-ups play your part pt.1-girl talk

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                            Folk Punk.

                            The song: roll me through the gates of hell by Mischief Brew

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                            Dubstep!

                            I would play something more chillin and not too hardcore, something by Benga or Skream. Introduce with older, 2-step influenced beats, then break out the skankin shit! WOMP WOMP

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                            Usually don't like this kind of thing due to the amount of debate over genres but alas, let me come out of my musical shell.

                            Post-Grunge: Like A Stone by Audioslave

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                            Twee Pop - Camera Obscura - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who4OL08iR8

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                            Trance/Techno.

                            Children by Robert Miles // Afrika Shox by Leftfield & Arika Bambaataa

                            Either one of these but if I had to choose one, it'd have to be Children by Robert Miles

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                            Sludge Metal The Melvins - The Bit

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                            Indie-folk: Beirut "Postcards from Italy"

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjzVbXeD_8E

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                            Happy Hardcore. I'm thinking Eye Opener, Elysium, and Here I Am represent the genre pretty well together.

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                            Progressive metal - Tool - Jambi

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                            is it bad i don't recognize any of these bands?

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                            I never have a clue about genres but stuff like this:

                            Celldweller - Frozen

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                            Chillwave

                            http://hypem.com/#!/item/15qxp/Gypsy+&+The+Cat+-+The+Piper's+Song+(Aeroplane+Remix)

                            So happy

                            EDIT: And if you smoke and have headphones, it's orgasmic

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                            Psychedelic Rock

                            The Black Angels - Manipulation

                            The Black Angels has to be the most underrated best psychedelic band of all time, their music really sounds like it's from the 70's area, overall a great band.

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                            I really like Alternative Hip Hop. Think the "Blipster" scene which is that thing of when a Black midget is simultaneously a hipster wearing a windbreaker, an ironic t-shirt with a possom on it and a du-rag.

                            An artist/song that encapsulates this genre would be Theophilus London-Flying Overseas ft. Solange Knowles and Devonte Hynes

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                            Old time blues. Mississippi Fred McDowell's "You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore," though Lightnin' Hopkins does it really well as well.

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                            Power Metal (NOT dragonforce..) I'd say the easiest band to get into is Sonata Arctica, the cage is one of my favorites. For a slower paced song, gravenimage.

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                            Flamenco

                            Vicente Amigo - Solea

                            Samba

                            Teresa Cristina - Acalanto/O Mar Serenou

                            Post Rock has already been brought up, although I would like to add:

                            Sparrows Swarm and Sing - Across Canyons/Canons

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                            I listen to a wide variety of music (from classical to industrial to grindcore) but my favourite is likely heavy metal, specifically a mix of black metal and folk metal.

                            Here's Borknagar's Ocean's Rise - it's an amazing song, being melodic yet intense, and has a good mix of clean and harsh vocals. Even if you're not a fan of extreme metal, I bet you you will enjoy this song if you give it a chance.

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                            It really depends on my mood. Most of my songs are rock of some kind. I do not like a lot of heavy stuff, but when I want to blow someone's head off with something hard and awesome, I play Cemetery Gates by Pantara.

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                            I'm a big fan of electronic in general, but my favorite subgenre is glitch. Bad Wings by The Glitch Mob is my favorite glitch song, because it takes the regular bleeps and bloops that are the foundation of glitch, yet arranges them in a harmonious way not commonly found in electro of any kind.

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                            Electronic Industrial

                            VNV Nation - End of Days

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                            Funk - Funkadelic's One Nation Under a Groove or Maggot Brain.

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                            drum 'n' bass Netsky - Memory Lane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG7cRDcPY3k This song is pure summer.

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                            Reggae! My favorite piece of that jammin' island music: Roots Train #1 by Junior Murvin. Right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xDxcITNLo&feature=fvwrel

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                            Glitch-Hop: Drive It Like You Stole It by the Glitch Mob

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                            If you're like me you Bookmarked/saved this page.

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                            Psybient

                            Shpongle - Nothing Is Something Worth Doing

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlMkJLojg60

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                            Ska: Streetlight Manifesto -- Here's to Life

                            Really fucking fast, but the lyrics are fantastic.

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                            I like music of all kinds and Take Five is one of my favorite but I guess the genre that I listen to the most would be Down-Tempo. It incorporates many music styles. There are many good artists and it'd be impossible to choose a favorite so I'm just going to write down the song that has the most replay value to me.

                            Late Night Alumni - Empty Streets

                            Other notable artists in this genre that I listen to often are Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Nightmares on Wax, Telepopmusik and Zero 7.

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                            Trance

                            No other genre is so beautiful, yet so full of energy in my opinion.

                            Sanctuary - Gareth Emery

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                            Since it's pretty hard to label Burial with a specific genre, I suggest you start with his song Archangel. I appreciate virtually any genre of music but Burial and Tool are the ones that will always be on the top of my list.

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                            Trance -> Sandstorm.

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                            MATHMATHMATHMATH rock. What it would sound like if you turned calculus into music.

                            Biblical Violence, Hella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBCyhV9PkpY

                            A quick one while she's away, Giraffes? Giraffes!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u789eOusvH4

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                            jazzy / detroit house. The Zohar.

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                            Punk.

                            I would have them listen to We've Got A Bigger Problem Now by The Dead Kennedys.

                            That jazzy intro/bridge combined with their signature surf-punk sound and some very clever lyrics get me every time. This was one of many versions of California Uber Alles, which lacks the range of this version, as well as the subject matter. I find the criticism of Reagan to be more compelling than that of Jerry Brown. There's a post-breakup version about Shwarzenneger as well, (the vocalist of the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, preforming with The Melvins) but it suffers frome the same issues as the first version of the song: It lacks instrumental range, and, it turns out, Shwarzenneger wasn't nearly as terrible as people expected him to be.

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                            I'm into post-hardcore and screamo, although I know those terms are really loosely defined. It's kind of an unpopular genre of music, and pretty easy to make fun of, but I like to show first time listeners Envy's "Go Mad and Mark".

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                            I love underground hiphop! check this out >>> http://soundcloud.com/trust-one/nuclear-jetstream-orko-eloheim

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                            I'm not sure what genre you'd call it but I like a lot of nineties Chapel Hill bands or bands inspired by that sound with a detuned/math-y influence such as Polvo, Slint, Unwound, Archers of Loaf but if I was going to pick something to introduce someone to the genre I would pick just about anything by Polvo.

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                            Salsa: Have to go old school here, something by Tito Puente. My fav is "Hong Kong Mambo". Here's a vid of some guy doing a little footwork to it...

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nhuPUvc8mA

                            ChaChaCha: "Oye Como Va" is a classic that has been covered by just about everybody. Most people know the version by Santana:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u0oiy_KPm8

                            Bachata: No es una novela by Monchy y Alexandra.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W58KVcBTZYA

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                            Folk.

                            Bon Iver: Re:stack

                            Alternative rock.

                            Jeff Buckley: Morning Theft.

                            2 of my most loved songs.

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                            Experimental -- Yeasayer's "2080", or anything by Menomena.

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                            Obviously one tune cant define a lifetime of creativity but here are mine;

                            Gypsy jazz. Django Reinhardt > God

                            Some modern gypsy jazz

                            currently i'm hooked on the "electric" miles davis

                            And -Tom Waits

                            Enjoy!

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                            Thanks for this question! There many great answers, most of which I am not familiar with. For the rest of this summer, its going to be a lot of grooveshark, youtube, and pandora :)

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                            For me liquid drum and bass. It is not that techno stuff in clubs but the more relaxing chilled out stuff.

                            A recent addition to that genre is by one of my favorite producers, London Elektricity - Meteorites

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                            Doom Metal : The Sword

                            Melodic Metal : Mastodon Wanted to find an album cut, but live works.

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                            I haven't seen anyone mention Opera yet (though i admit not having been trough the entire thread). For the first time listener I would have to recommend The Matador's song from Carmen by Georges Bizet. My favorite opera. My favorite oper-author would be Giuseppe Verdi. He composed amazing stuff such as: Rigoletto, La traviata, Il trovatore and Aida. On Verdi's Wikipedia page are some good examples of most famous opera's.

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                            Power Metal, and the starting bands Avantasia.

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                            Chillwave : blackbird blackbird

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                            pop punk//indie punk

                            I'd play Baby Girl, I'm a blur by Say Anything.

                            But just for a random good song Skinny Love by Bon Iver

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                            "Folk"

                            Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy. It might be a cliche choice, but I feel it exemplifies the best parts of the modern lo-fi and folk movements. It is just him and his acoustic guitar, but it has all that it needs. Magnum's voice drips with honesty and isn't caught up in being conventionally pretty (though Magnum has a very impressive voice and holds out really long notes throughout the record). Though not indicative of the genre, the lyrics are not immediately easy to understand (though I would say that even if he was singing nonsense syllables there would be a significant emotional connection with the listener) and demand repeat listens.

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                            My top three genres; Prog Rock-Porcupine Tree-Trains Prog Metal-Between the buried and me-White Walls Djent-Periphery-Light

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                            drum and bass - noisia friendly intentions

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                            A prog metal subculture which is becoming known as "djent". These bands are essentially technical prog metal, but very groovy, most are heavily influenced by meshuggah who coined the term "djent";

                            periphery, the forerunners of this genre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CugnVOTPAM

                            tesseract is the big name from the UK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_YIiRoRFM

                            And to show that djent is more of a sound and a movement of young people using superior drummer and their axe fx's, and how broad the idea is, here is some veil of maya; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASzIvMddyxA

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                            Hardcore

                            1. INFEST: Mankind

                            In such a primitive way some humans live,

                            Vice and violence a natural way of life.

                            Evolution stops. Regression begins.

                            Mankind grovels. Soul-less hypocrites.

                            Instinct. Survival. Population. Human cesspool.

                            Hateful. Spiteful. Oblivious to the real deal.

                            In such a primitive way most humans live,

                            Deviance and greed the law of life.

                            Clothed beasts. Untamed tamers.

                            Warmongering race. Two-legged earth rapers.

                            Instinct. Survival. Population. Human cesspool.

                            Hateful. Spiteful. Oblivious to the real deal.

                            1. See number 1.

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                            Post-punk (or second gen punk, depending on who you ask). Academy Fight Song by Mission of Burma.

                            Others in the genre include Husker Du, The Replacements, The Minutemen, Black Flag, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth. I love them all.

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                            You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

                            [–]panda_operated_robot 1 point2 points ago

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                            It takes one to know one. Stay awesome friend.

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                            Neopsychadellic... that's probably the best way to describe of Montreal. The song is "So Begins Our Alabee"

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icGIZnhCQfM

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                            Safety Dance!

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                            Jam Rock. Phish, Tweezer, 11/17/97 will melt your face right off your head.

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                            Glitch Laundy - eDIT

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                            Closed Casket Requiem - Black Dahlia Murder would be a great place to start for metalcore.

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                            Rap and anything by MTV Riff Raff. Reezy

                            Or "Wat Pomp" by Die Antwoord

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                            DMZ

                            Digital Mystikz - Misty Winter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqJkxmzJxBA

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                            Pop punk. I love me some Jimmy Eat World. Try album: Bleed American.

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                            Metal, and I would play Before I Forget by Slipknot to them because that's what got me into the genre. Rip Paul Gray!

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                            Too many favorite genres to choose just 1...

                            DnB:

                            I always think of Pulp Fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNO7-OYLI9U

                            and Inner City Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8

                            House:

                            Man With The Red Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTWQRchgFp0 (the full length version's my favorite dance tune) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBBcjgIUoeA

                            Good Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998P6HEzCdI

                            Breakbeat:

                            Scram http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc8cudwSxjU

                            Shifting Gears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAyHOI0iXXs

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                            I have no idea what genre these are, but here are some of my favorites. I guess they are considered some type of electronic.

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                            chiptune Micawber's Moan by Random This music is so upbeat it can always keep you in a good mood. Also try Searching for Atlantis by Random

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                            Heavy metal/thrash metal and first song would be A Tout Le Monde by Megadeth. To show that even us metal heads have a soft side

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                            Folk Rock- Leonard Cohen - I'm your man/First we Manhatten

                            New discovery of awesomeness: The Black Keys for blues rock. Don't have a favourite song yet.

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                            Drum & Bass, same family as the famous Dubstep but very different sounding. Gradon & Janky - The Flow

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                            i just gotta put the word out for the chiller side of dubstep...

                            there is a lotta cool, chillout dubstep out there, and all people seem to pay attention to is the obnoxious stuff

                            Dz - Serenity Now

                            Clubroot - Orbiting

                            old Skream tracks

                            ok thats a start...if this doesn't get buried, I can post more

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                            Music recorded specifically for TV Commercials: GEICO Blueprint Ad

                            Not kidding, I was disappointed to learn that this wasn't a single.

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                            Synthpop. River by Joni Mitchell.

                            [–]fazzah 0 points1 point ago

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                            What I love about this thread:

                            a) a TON of new genres / artists for me to check out; much needed.

                            b) absolutely no hate, just great comments and respectful discussion. Reddit is awesome.

                            [–]Slain_Prophet_Ov_Isa 0 points1 point ago

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                            Blackened Death Metal.

                            Ov Fire and The Void by Behemoth

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                            ambient/drone (One of my favorite genres)

                            Bass Communion - http://youtu.be/VcgL_awpTLM

                            Brian Eno - http://youtu.be/vZ5mVkipqZ4

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                            I ctrl+f'd and browsed through every post, but didn't see my favorite, neofolk. Historically, it has much more in common with early industrial than folk, but I'd recommend my introduction, which was Death in June's "Behind the Rose (Fields of Rape)," or Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - "Remember Depravity and the Orgies of Rome" :

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7n4bcInP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G84ji4BxMk

                            [–]wauter 0 points1 point ago

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                            Great question! British rock music here, and A thousand trees by Stereophonics - because it's a current favorite and I always think my current favorite is the Ultimate Defining Moment In Music, even though a month later it will probably have changed.

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                            Heavy Metal and Death Metal from the 90s

                            Pantera - Walk, A New Level, 5 Minutes Alone, and all the rest of their music.

                            White Zombie - Starface, El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama

                            Cannibal Corpse - The Pick-Axe Murders

                            Suffocation - Pierced from Within

                            Deicide - Trifixion

                            Dying Fetus - Blunt Force Trauma, Killing on Adrenaline, Procreate the Malformed

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                            Just to be different: New Zealand indie pop- The Reduction Agents- The Pool

                            Anything with James Milne is great- Lawrence Arabia and the Brunettes are his other projects, and I'm obsessed with Lawrence Arabia's album Chant Darling. Also, The Phoenix Foundation are basically the godfathers of this modern 'genre'.

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                            Techno-Umek djing

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                            DNB - Pendulum - 'The Tempest'

                            Mostly this song because it's so close to rock. This was the song that opened the door to DNB and Techno for me, and I used to be a metal head. (Still am.)

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                            Trance: Traffic by Tiesto Trash Metal: 4 Horsemen by Metallica Harcore Punk: Guilty of Being White by Minor Threat

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                            I don't know... What genres do M83 and West Indian Girl fall under? I would then have you listen to Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun and Sofia.

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                            Trance/house/electro...

                            I would honestly be surprised if somebody didn't like this song:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpW3u8dJl_Q

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                            I can't pin a single genre. I go from bands like It Prevails, then to Waka Flocka. From Waka Flocka to The Contorionist. I like a lot of things.

                            Not going to link any of the mainstream rap. That's easy enough to find.

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                            Prog Rock: Dream Theater "The Dance of Eternity"

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                            This will probably be buried since there's almost 2000 comments, but I searched through the top 500 comments and no one had mentioned soul.

                            R&B/Soul It's pretty difficult to pick my favorite song of the genre, considering so many are sing-a-long classics, but I'm gonna go with Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come, which is the first soul song I heard and fell in love with.

                            Sam Cooke was incredibly influential. I love hearing covers of his songs, including:

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                            dead family rap music mafia niggaz by three six mafia

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                            Alt Country, and I'd start off with Sixteen Horsepower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vpAn15-vE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THlgU-8dMYg

                            They're mindblowing.

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                            Electroswing

                            Parov Stelar - Catgroove

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                            Stoner doom metal

                            Sleep - Dragonaut

                            If that ain't the grooviest fucking piece you've ever heard, you're insane.

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                            British-influenced garage rock.

                            Do Me a Favour - Arctic Monkeys

                            This just happens to be a British band, of course.

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                            Noise

                            Nic Endo - White Heat

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                            Acoustic Guitar of any variety... just love the complexity and texture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAg7ZqI8WXs

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                            A cappella music is not my favorite genre -- I don't think I could choose a single favorite genre honestly -- but since I'm in an a cappella group, I tend to know and talk about it a bit more often than others. A few good songs to start with:

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                            I'm a big fan of the various offshoots of punk. They are fast and messy and fun! - Irish punk: Flogging Molly - Salty Dog - Gypsy punk: Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King - Punk covers! Check out: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - The Phantom of the Opera or Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

                            The Brazilian "tropicalia" music of the late 60s/early 70s is pretty fun: Caetano Veloso - Alfomega (It gets funky about 1:35 in).

                            I spend a lot of time listening to what I would call "indie folk" - people like Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, the Felice Brothers, etc. I know this is already long-winded, but here are a couple examples: * Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise * Beirut - Nantes

                            This is a really fun topic. :-)

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                            Indie folk/folk rock: Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Fleet Foxes, St. Vincent, The Decemberists, She & Him, The Tallest Man on Earth, Bon Iver, Iron and Wine.

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                            Instrumental hip-hop/trip-hop. I'm a huge Blue Sky Black Death fan, here's my current favourite of theirs:

                            Farewell To The former World

                            Another very nice one is Kno, the beatmaker/producer for a group called Cunninlynguists:

                            If you cry (instrumental)

                            I just love vibing out to hip-hop soundscapes. I make some myself to the best of my ability on occasion.

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                            Dance Punk: LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Cut Copy.

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                            Post-rock. I've seen a lot of love in here for Sigur Ros, Explosions, and GY!BE, so here's a band that goes extremely unappreciated.

                            The Ascent of Everest - Molotov

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                            Hip-Hop and i would play them either Juicy by Notorious B.I.G. or Changes by 2pac.

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                            Thrash Metal. A good start would be Rwanda?s “Children Born of Rape“. It doesn?t have 666 points for nothing.

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                            Japanese rock/metal--Zetsubuo Billy, What's Up People, Rock & Roll Cheensoo and Chu chu lovely muni muni mara mara, all by Maximum the Hormone. Great band.

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                            Punk, but more specifically I guess you could call it orgcore.

                            The Lawrence Arms - 100 Resolutions

                            Banner Pilot - Skeleton Key

                            Dear Landlord - Three To The Beach

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                            Dance Punk - LCD Soundsystem Daft Punk is Playing at My House

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                            DUBSTEP!!!

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                            parody: jizz in my pants by lonely island

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                            Depressed white men. Leonard Cohen - Stranger song, master song, any song.

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                            There's a new mixing of shoegaze, black metal, and post-rock that's incredible. Usually called 'blackgaze', but some of my favorite groups that fit that label don't consider themselves blackgaze.

                            This is what I would reccomend to start out with, for those unfamiliar:

                            Airs - Rainclouds Over The Remains of Hope

                            Then the darkest band ever. If you can, sit all the way through it.

                            Have A Nice Life - Earthmover

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                            drone-stoner-dark-doom sort of music...this would be a great start. Or something by the Melvins

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                            heavy metal, pantera - fucking hostile

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                            A bit late here, but I didn't see any goth rock. I would introduce someone to the genre with Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love, as they practically invented the genre (but won't admit it).

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                            Psychobilly. There is only one answer! Tiger Army - True Romance

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                            90's grunge- nirvana "smells like teen spirit" "come as you are" 90's alterative- smashing pumpkins "1979" "today" Radiohead "fake plastic trees" fucking. amazing. music.

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                            Alternative Rock - REM - Sad Professor (From the 2001 Unplugged set)

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                            Melodic Death Metal

                            In Flames - Gyroscope

                            edit: replaced video with another one with better sound

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                            Brown

                            Ween

                            Laura

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                            Progressive Rock I can't believe no one mentioned Tool. It's a bit hard to get into, but then it hits hard.

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                            House and i suggest 'Take Over Control' by Afrojack

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                            Downbeat / Downtempo

                            Tycho - The Disconnect

                            Bliss.

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                            My favourite genre is Primus. I would play them Primus.

                            Primus Sucks!

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                            Garage Punk The Cramps - Domino Its a cover of an old Roy Orbison song and one of the first songs they released. It also absolutely stomps and needs to be loud to appreciate the twang of the guitar.

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                            Old Blues- Baby Please Don't Go by Lightnin Hopkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49m6G9vOrI

                            Not-so-old blues- Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong by T-Bone Walker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xvx0UHa0A

                            Math rock - Melody 2 by Tera Melos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ8Pj8-8SQ0

                            Last Smile For Jaron by Tera Melos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P44fcwlf-DE

                            Post hardcore or something- Daytona White by Glassjaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpNpei_pleQ

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                            Extreme Metal, but more interesting and esoteric stuff as opposed to stuff thats just "Brutal" or whatever. I'm not going to link metal here, however I will link something that I never would have found without listening to this music. Virus - they are now one of my absolute favourite bands.

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                            Canterbury-Scene progressive rock. Enneagram by Egg, or The Collapso by National Health.

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                            Pop. Let's say Shanice - I Love Your Smile, for example.

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                            Math-Core/Post-Hardcore: Botch - Frequency Ass Bandit

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                            Touhou music remixes! It's got a very unique sound, unlike any other kind of music, because the melodies are very different. I've never actually played the games, but I only listen to the music.

                            Jazz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0f7gVp2mAs

                            Rock - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtB5Cj5fSJ8&feature=related

                            Acoustic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IYS0cwEgfU

                            and a bunch other genres! Pretty much anything you can think of.

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                            I was once completely entranced by Tropicalia ... it's all I would listen to.

                            Close your eyes as you listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DatS978xs

                            EDIT: If you like that, I don't know how to categorize this one (it's Mexican, essentially), but it's a classic from "Habla con Ella:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsA1CcA4Z8

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                            Horror-comedies...and I'd definitely recommend Evil Dead 2

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                            Prince & the Revolution - The Ladder

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                            Folk-Punk, Andrew Jackson Jihad-Rejoice

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                            You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life I swear.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziwr4f5eR0M

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                            90's punk/skate punk Face to Face - Pastel You'll know right away if it's for you.

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                            how comes noone posted yet?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVlJAi3Cso

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                            Ambient.

                            See anything by Brian Eno after Another Green World.

                            It kind of led into post-rock in the 90s and I'd say Explosions in the Sky are more like ambient than post-rock.

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                            Dark ambient.

                            It's a nightmare generator.

                            I recommend headphones and turning the lights off for this one:

                            Lustmord - Decompression

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                            Gonna get lost at the bottom, but here goes:

                            UK Hip hop.

                            I would suggest Foreign Beggars. These are two of my favourites from their first album, Asylum Speakers.

                            Where Did the Sun Go

                            Gimme Dat

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                            80's pop. A-Ha's Take On Me is like a shot of adrenaline/happiness, whenever I need it.

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                            Electro disco - 80's music with modern beats

                            Barretso - We Won't Stop

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                            I don't have a favorite genre of music but I tend to gravitate towards DJ/producer based Electronica/Hip-Hop. These three are prime examples.

                            1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k 2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqYQGesBtaI 3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1n-j_MQKE&feature=fvst

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                            Folk Rock - Here's an example from Dry the River.

                            Dry the River - Bible Belt

                            Dry the River - History Book

                            Their clips are always acoustic, but they only do rock versions at their live shows (so powerful); really incredible experience seeing the transformation. This is a really new band in London who have started gathering quite the dedicated following; they do gigs at places like Fishermen villages in the most northern parts of scotland, to packed out venues in London. Seen them 3 times now, and planning on going again in September at The End of the Road Festival, can't wait!

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                            'college rock' (I guess, but that's lame)

                            bob mould - brasilia crossed with trenton

                            possibly greatest song ever? Short answer, yes.

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                            I love all kinds of music. I grew up to classical being played a lot because my Mom used to sing Opera. I have tons of music; all kinds too, but I'd have to say that the most in my collection is Soundtracks (Orchestrated) and Trance. My favorite type of Orchestrated Scored music is the choral variety. Nothing like an Epic sound. /goosebumps.

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                            Rock? Punk? Pre-Punk? Anyway. I would play a Television song (my opinion today). Probably Marquee Moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbunmCbTBA

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                            90's Alt Rock/Grunge. Daughter, Alive, or maybe Rearviewmirror by Pearl Jam.

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                            prog-metal: scale the summit-black hills/the great plains (either will suffice)

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                            Trance/Prog. Trance.

                            Probably the best example : Andain - Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dresden's Unplugged Mix)

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                            Math rock

                            Don Caballero's Chief Sitting Duck takes the cake for "iconic math rock" in my mind.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyultTJt8G8

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                            Not seeing nearly enough love for Shoegaze on here.

                            My Bloody Valentine- I Only Said (Really the whole "Loveless" album though- this track is just a personal fave)

                            And more recently.....

                            Asobi Seksu- Strawberries

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                            Britpop. Country House - Blur

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                            Surprised nobody has said Shibuya-kei yet

                            Buffalo Daughter - Great Five Lakes

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                            There are three:

                            Orchestral post-rock. This is essentially rock music abstracted, with a lot of elements of neoclassical, electronica, and sometimes goth music brought into the mix. The orchestral sub-genre of post-rock is filled with these 30 minute epics with multiple movements and entire orchestras playing behind the band.

                            Post-Piazzolla tango. Astor Piazzolla took tango, a genre of unlearned musicians playing in cabarets, infused it with what he learned in Paris, and recreated it overnight. I can't think of what to say about this, it's just fucking beautiful. Purely fucking beautiful.

                            Deep House. EDM isn't dead, the good music has just gone underground.

                            edit: Actually, I have four favourite genres. Dark Cabaret. This came out of growing up with emo music and strong goth undertones. It's gorgeously dark :]

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                            Hardcore Punk, Kingmaker - ELE I would tell them to listen to it with the volume to the maximum =)

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                            Boards of Canada for IDM, Electronic, Ambient Techno.... many awesome tracks but I will just post Everything You Do is a Balloon

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                            90s hip-hop...a genre which encompasses quite a lot, but to start off I'd play you:

                            Nas - Life's a Bitch

                            'I switched my motto; instead of saying fuck tomorrow, that buck that bought a bottle coulda struck the lotto'

                            Quite simply one of the finest hip-hop songs of all time. Almost 17 years on, this song is still solid fucking gold.

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                            I play this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXziyCnCmI8

                            Because, in my opinion, there has never been a more perfectly orchestrated anything ever. It is as close to musical perfection as I or you or anybody can dream up.

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                            Bossa Nova.

                            Aguas de Marco (Waters of March) by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina is one of my favorite songs of all time.

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                            New Style RnB- Promotin a positive message for once.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuUCC7yVYFQ

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                            Metal. I would play Manowar's Achilles: Agony and Ecstasy in Eight parts.

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                            Electronica maybe. Air- surfing on a rocket

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                            Top 40. Surprised this isn't at the top.

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                            Progressive Power Metal:

                            [http://grooveshark.com/#/s/Time/ew6gQ?src=5](Angra - Time)

                            [http://grooveshark.com/#/s/White+Pearl+Black+Oceans+/2BpWe?src=5](Sonata Arctica - White Perl Black Ocean)

                            Note: Note sure why formatting isn't working.

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                            pirate metal, Alestorm - Captain morgans revenge

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                            Pure Fucking Metal: Fear Factory

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                            I'm pretty late to the party, but I love Hardstyle. This is what I would get them to listen to:

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                            Boards Of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy

                            John Murphy - In The House In A Heartbeat

                            Aidan Knight - Jasper

                            Dan Mangan - Road Regret

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                            Djent, "CAFO" by Animals as leaders

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                            I like atheist music (that's not a real genre I totally just made it up)

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-AJ7G-Piw

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                            I really love classical music such as mozart.

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                            Indie.

                            Exile Vilify or Terrible Love by The National is what I would play to introduce them to my favorite type of music.

                            EDIT; Or, I would play "I Love The Rain" by The Real Tuesday Weld.

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                            Drum and Bass

                            Mistabishi - No Matter What

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                            Not sure what you would call the genre but I would just sit someone down and play the album in its entirety.

                            Talk Talk - 'Laughing Stock' [YouTube playlist]

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                            "Head Rolls Off" by Frightened Rabbit launched me into indie music.

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                            Death metal. I'd make anyone listen to Beyond Creation - "The Aura" although it veers more into the progressive, techy and melodical side.

                            Dominic LaPointe's fretless bass sounds like an act of divine creation, and the solo at 3:25 is what I imagine it would sound like if a rainbow ended right in your ear. Tie that in with the manifest fury that is the genre's hallmark, and you've got yourself some extremely interesting music that forces you to follow it by virtue of its intensity.

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                            Witch House

                            a la Balam Acab - Big Boy

                            makes me feel like I'm in a dream in the best possible way.

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                            don't mind me, just bookmarking for next time that I want to listen to a new genre.

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                            Those who view my blog, ilictronix, know I'm a total french house freak.

                            I'd have to choose Poka - Here it Comes as a good track for a first-time listener. Anything on that EP works, though.

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                            Film scores. (For the plebeians, "movie soundtracks".) Everyone's heard them, but it seems most people don't listen to them despite how emotionally powerful they can be. Everyone should just listen to what I like, etc., etc.

                            A first-timer should listen to John Powell's "Test Drive" (YouTube). It does not entirely encapsulate what makes the genre meaningful to me; it just sounds really nice. If you want meaning, listen to "Ready the Ships" from the same score (for the plebeians, "album").

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                            Not necessarily my favorite genre, but underground, aggressive sounding hip-hop is dope. Army of the Pharaohs - Bloody Tears

                            Also, these comments are amazing, and I now like 20 more artists.

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                            Metalcore (Hardcore Metal), Norma Jean - Disconnecktie, saw them on Friday in Ft. Lauderdale some crazy fuckers.

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                            I won't say it's my favorite genre (not sure I have one), but if you can listen to Lonnie Donegan singing skiffle without tapping your feet, something's seriously wrong with you.

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                            Any deathrock fans here?

                            As for what would I play to a first time listener.. that would depend on the fact if he listens to contemporary punk music, 70s punk music, or just weird guitar-driven stuff in general..

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                            Progressive Metal: Obfuscation by Between the Buried and Me

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                            saved for later.

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                            Video game music and things that sound like they could be from video games (such as chiptunes)--- Anamanaguchi. If you think that kind of music is nerdy, Anamanaguchi will change your mind.

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                            I love electronic music in general, as well as a lot of subgenres (trip-hop, IDM, big beat, etc...) but if I had to pick one song to represent the entire genre (and no song can represent all of electronic music, but if I had to pick one) it would be Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust.

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                            pre-revival folk music: house carpenter performed by clarence ashley

                            also

                            old time gospel: just suits me performed by bessie jones and hobart smith

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                            I'm a big fan of folk music, particularly English and Irish, though with a few twists to it. Listen to anything by Bellowhead and you'll know what I mean. I'd also point people towards a local band I like called Blackbeard's Tea Party. http://www.myspace.com/blackbeardsteaparty

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                            Video game music, which is generally a sub-genre of Classical or Electronica but can fall under a few other genres as well. Often under-appreciated simply because it came from a game, but if you look there are some real gems to be found.

                            The song that I usually think is most likely to be appreciated by people who don't already like video game music is Time's Scar, from Chrono Cross; the game itself is mediocre, but the soundtrack is excellent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J46RY4PU8a8

                            A bit of a different style to look at is Baba Yetu from Civilization IV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiHDmyhE1A

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                            Ska - A better place, a better time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yeNzL7rTU

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                            Acoustic fingerstyle guitar - The First Ride

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                            well, after 2700 comments I doubt that anybody....but:

                            neo-folk-metal: Agalloch - ...And The Great Cold Death Of The Earth

                            http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3upjb_agalloch-and-the-great-cold-death-o_music

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                            Fun Rock (as deemed by the band): Baby Baby, Fire

                            Fuzz Pop: Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun, Like It Or Not

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                            Dubstep. Distance - Night Vision

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                            Deathpunk. I would have them listen to: Turbonegro - Prince of the Rodeo

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                            Story driven folk, Harry Chapin Sniper or A Better Place to Be.

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                            Punk, most definitely. I'd play Leftover Crack-Gang Control.

                            Where have all the punk boys gone.

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                            I'm interested how there's only one top comment naming Country.

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                            Stoner rock- listen to The band Kyuss' album Blues For the Red Sun. I'm sorry for not choosing a song but it's kind of like a packaged deal.

                            Further listening includes the following bands: Queens of the Stone Age (much of their music isn't specifically stoner rock but often utilizes the repetitive nature.) Fu Manchu Brant Bjork Slo Burn Truckfighters

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                            HEAVY METAL. I don't mean "Post-progressive-doom-speedcore-thrash metal with blackened deathcore influences". I mean the original genre that started it all.

                            I'm from Birmingham, England, which is the birthplace of heavy metal.. so I guess it's in my DNA to like this stuff.

                            Here is the finest example of metal I can think of: Manowar- Metal Daze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50sg9h5yJlY

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                            Punk: Kids of the Black Hole- Adolescents

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                            post-hardcore (specifically from the Long Island area). Brand New-Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't or Envy on the Coast-Artists and Repretoire

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                            HipHop Spose - Christmas Song.

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                            Electro House Uppermost - Give it some punch

                            I skipped to just before a sick drop.. for those of us who'd rather just skip to the goods

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                            British folk is great. Barbara Allen by Shirley Collins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkAvZyjHjzo

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                            rockabilly

                            reverend horton heat mike ness brian setzer johhny cash elvis so many that have rockabilly songs that are classified in other genres

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                            Electronic/Post-Punk:

                            Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?

                            Gary Numan - We Are Glass

                            Spacesynth...?:

                            Laserdance - Power Run

                            Pop dance punk...?:

                            Matt and Kim - Yea Yeah

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                            I have a VAST variety of music that I like, but lately I've been on a dance/trance kick - this is one of my favorites presently, love the singer's voice and the simple progressions:

                            Tiesto- You are my diamond - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn9hQ0ltM7c

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                            post rock. anything off of Jakob's album "Solace"

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                            independent hip-hop, Tasmanian pain coaster by EL-P

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                            Grunge or Melodic Death Metal. Anything Nirvana or Children of Bodom

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                            Big fan of Japanese shoegaze, in that it incorporates metal and noise rock elements really fluidly. Coaltar of the Deepers, iLL, Snowline, etc.

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                            Nobody has mentioned J-POP yet - Is it not really a genre, just "Japanese" pop?

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                            "cryin'-in-your-beer" country: gorge jones out of control.

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                            besides some classic and even less jazz, i listen mostly to electronic music but without the stupid, cheesy and/or overly noisy genres that keep trying to give all electronic music a bad reputation. of the remaining genres my favourite are deeper, subtler & dubbier variants of house & techno:

                            Luomo - Market (from the masterpiece album that is Vocalcity, a real must have if there ever was one)

                            Maurizio - M-4.5 (the definition of dub techno)

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                            Some people call it ska, my car calls it "World Music", I just call it awesome. I'd say check out the song How to Explain by The Cat Empire. They're an eight piece. Two trumpets, a trombone, keyboardist, turntable, drums, base, lead singer/percussions.

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                            Symphonic metal - all the awesome bits of metal, with no screaming (usually), plus orchestral elements. Nightwish's Amaranth is the song that turned me on to the genre.

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                            Post-punk or Garage Rock. I'd probably play them Marquee Moon for a late 70s example, and anything by The Strokes or Franz Ferdinand for a modern example.

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                            Electronic hip hop: Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Shigeto, Dimlite, Amon Tobin, RJD2, Swede: Art, Gold Panda, Elaquent, Ras G, Teebs, Dauwd, Tokimonsta, Memorecks, Mount Kimbie, J Dilla, Madlib, devonwho, Lukid. Check them out!

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                            Vocal Trance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dszf1QDvmGs - Scooter - No Fate

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                            metalcore - august burns red - composure

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                            Gypsy Punk - Blackbird Raum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECZ7EL1Wxs

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                            AMERICANA: Wilco's "Pot Kettle Black" off Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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                            Film and Video Game Music

                            Game: Shadow Of The Colossus, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy

                            Film: Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Tron Legacy

                            I could link so many more, but a personal favorate - Black Mages

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                            alternative rock - The Scientist by Coldplay and just about any song by LP

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                            Technocore - Hardcore and Techno Beats

                            Enter Shikari is the best band for this kind of style: British boys with a great attitude. Fantastic live.

                            I would check out Destablize

                            Also, Thumper is solid.

                            Finally Labyrinth was the first song I heard by them, got me hooked!

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                            Progressive Metal, and probably Sequoia Throne by Protest the Hero. :D

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                            Alt-rock: The Verve Pipe - Freshman

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                            Underground Hip Hop. Sean Price is one of the best MCs of the past 10-15 years.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st0jRh8tnTg

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                            Twee. Heavenly - C is the Heavenly Option

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtaan0pTbhk

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                            Emo.

                            Taking Back Sunday

                            Cute Without the "e"

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                            Rock, and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

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                            Progressive metal.

                            For a song, I'd pick A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater.

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                            Psychedelic Trance- Heavyweight by Infected Mushroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4YvkZeLrjs

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                            Great Reddit! Saving this!

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                            chop 'n screw big moe - june 27 full flow

                            houston, tx based dj and niche genre. hip hop slowed down to incredibly slow speeds (like spinning the record by hand slow), chopped up, sizzurp, lo-fi boombox recordings. purple drank.

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                            Politically conscious underground hip-hop, old school (though it doesn't literally have to be old, just in a similar style). This song by Edo G and Masta Ace is my all-time favorite, and a pretty good example.

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                            Symphonic Metal with Female Vocalists,
                            Ghost Love Score - Nightwish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VF0BlXP-0Y

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                            "post-hardcore" Dance Gavin Dance - Lemon Meringue Tie

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                            oi punk- the dead pets

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                            Instrumental String/Folk- Andrew Bird is a genius. With that in note, his most popular song is probably Imitosis-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnXCzFnkxtY Another great artist, vocalist from Wilco- Jeff Tweedy. Listen to his album Sunken Treasure and your life will be changed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG9LZvKDEZ0

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                            I like that one song with the saxophone...I think it's by George Michaels.

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                            Anouar Brahem - Parfum de gitane

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                            Ive heard these bands labeled as so many different genres, Screamo, Alt Metal/Hardcore etc etc... who cares what its called, shit stands out The Devil Wears Prada-HTML Rulez D00d AlexisonFire- Accidents Of Machines- Things Too Visible To See We Came As Romans-To Move On Is To Grow Attack Attack!-Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3

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                            My favorite genre is black metal, but it's too diverse for one song and generally hard to get into.

                            I'll try to sum it up with just a few songs, but "accessibility" is all up to the listener.

                            Gorgoroth

                            Summoning

                            Anaal Nathrakh

                            Windir

                            I could add more, but I don't want to overwhelm anyone with a huge list. I'll let any replies to this post do that for me ;).

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                            rock and roll - Louie, Louie

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                            Hard rock. Led Zeppelin. Kashmir, motherfucker.

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                            I love Pop-Punk, and I'd say the song that best captures what I love about the genre is Amber Pacific's "Summer in (B)". It's fast, it's hard, it's happy- it's Pop-Punk. : )

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                            Trance - Grace's "Skin on Skin".

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                            *Trance *

                            Andain - Beautiful Things ( Gabriel & Dresden Remix )

                            link

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                            I have several favorite subgenres of heavy metal. For progressive metal, I'd start with "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" by Symphony X. For symphonic metal, I'd start with "Via Nocturna" by Therion. For power metal, I'd start with "Valkyries" by Blind Guardian.

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                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oe0ugMbMXs

                            one of the most creepiest songs and most awesome song ive heard!

                            also, the nyan cat song, is also a notable mention :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4

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                            Instrumental Post-Rock. Tortoise - Salt The Skies.

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                            I think everybody should listen to Iron Maiden.

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                            UK Hardcore

                            One of my favorite tunes right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNECGe24PnU&feature=related

                            There are so many other amazing tunes out there, but thats definitely one of my favorites!

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                            hardcore punk, police truck by the dead kennedys

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                            Futurepop: VNV Nation--Sentinel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YiMSzupdWc

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                            Technopop

                            Coming out of Japan, there's this one group, perfume, that sort of brings a new meaning to technopop. They have a pretty massive following over in Asia.

                            Wikipedia entry on the group here.

                            As for a song that I would recommend to get into the genre, here's a couple of my personal faves pulled from youtube.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIlCv7r0jQ

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edyARJq9sgM

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y13poaezWDI

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                            Underground hip-hop. There are a few but most times when I wanna turn someone on to the type of music I listen to I play this one for them.

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                            I can't name a favourite genre, but I'm into progressive instrumental stuff.

                            The Great Plains by Scale The Summit is one of my favourite songs, it just makes me feel so serene and wonderful. I'd show this to everyone.

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                            Post-Rock.

                            Your Hand in Mine by explosions in the sky.

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                            House:

                            way too many to choose. for new stuff try:

                            Ajello - Come Back

                            Azari & III - Reckless with your Love

                            Chymera - Curl

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                            Classic Rock. Boston - More Than a Feeling.

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                            Rock and Roll, Monkey Man by The Rolling Stones.

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                            R&B/Soul - That's How it Feels, The Soul Clan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMzTITaR4me

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                            I know this won't get seen but anyway, Funky House. It thrills me in a way no other music does.

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                            Math Rock (?)

                            Battles - Tij

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                            Luv Sic pt 1-4 from Nujabes

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                            I like crappy yacht rock of the early 1980's. I think the most prominent example of the genre, indeed that which gave it its name, is Christopher Cross - Sailng.

                            Haters gonna hate, but this IS the music of my people.

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                            Funk Metal

                            Incubus - Hilikus

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                            Why is it that always the top rated reply is some stupid comment that doesn't really answer the question?

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                            Dubstep

                            Kid Sister - Pro Nails rusko remix

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                            Balearic:

                            Mungolian Jet Set - Clairevoyage

                            **sorry for the pitchfork link, only place i could find it!

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                            Hair Metal sucks, but I love it.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiVC89V4RpM&feature=watch_response

                            The Crue is awesome

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                            Shoegaze Pale Saints - Throwing Back The Apple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9oWB3xdbI

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                            Deep House Gentle by Lovebirds

                            Progressive House Swedish Beatballs by Marcus Schossow - Just for the part beginning at 3 minutes

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                            Folk Punk. My favorite band is Andrew Jackson Jihad, and they have several songs I might play to a first time listener. Here are some (all NSFW lyrics): Bad Bad Things, People II: The Reckoning, Rejoice!. These are all from the same album, but the others are also great.

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                            lots of funk and jazz here. i'm diggin it.

                            my personal favorite genre of current is Protest Funk, a name I coined myself haha.

                            Flobots - Same Thing

                            RATM - Bulls On Parade

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                            The Slowdown - incredible stuff, this links you to all of their music, I suggest checking out "VISITOR" first. Keep an eye out for this band... they seriously fucking rule.

                            http://www.myspace.com/187967710

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                            No sure if it's a genre per se, but NJ Rock By far the most influential song in my whole life.

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                            Chillout Evaporate by Rocket Empire Shout out to Android for introducing me to this one

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                            IMO there is nothing better than real Deep Soul.

                            I'd suggest starting out with Otis Redding. "Try A Little Tenderness," or his rendition of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQszoQJT0Tc

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                            Incredible idea for a post, I just browsed this and already got some great recommendations!

                            My favorite genre at the moment might be Asian Massive, or really I don't know what it's called, but it's awesome:

                            This is my favorite artist, and the song that got me into it Cheb i Sabbah - Raja Vedalu For those into Techno/electronica, if you keep an ear out for the structure, essentially it's a "classic" techno song, but he just replaces all the sounds with Indian traditional instruments.

                            Cheb i Sabbah - Jai Bhavani This is a pretty good song off of his album Devotion, which I HIGHLY recommend. It may be my favorite album of all time. Unfortunately I couldn't find any of his other songs online.

                            If anyone has any other songs/artists similar, I'd be most appreciative!

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                            Pop-punk: Jasey Rae Acoustic - All Time Low

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                            1960s stuff from England and America. The 'British Invasion' years. Couldn't really go past California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas (for the US side) and perhaps something like Lola - The Kinks (from the Brits).

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                            Shine on you crazy diamond

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                            Grime? Electro hip hop? Not sure what it's called but Foreign Beggars ft Noisia - Contact is amazing.

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                            Alternative Electonic.... and Little Dragon's "Looking Glass" has all the elements of the eclectic genre: a steady beat, with high points and low points within each beat. The song has great lyrics and on top of it, All of Little Dragon's music is recognizable and unique.

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                            Electronica* - Gantz Graf by Autechre. Complete with a-w-e-s-o-m-e music video.

                            (*AKA 'Intelligent Dance Music.' Whatever. I don't think dancing is the point.)

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                            um... Alt.Rock..? The Fratellis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-AEe202neo&fmt=18 Henrietta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b9BdFmM8S8&feature=related Creepin' up the Backstairs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9in7pdQFUa4&feature=relmfu Flathead Ska Streetlight Manifesto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmpefJITnk That'll Be The Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XKs8TsY3XI&feature=related Everything Goes Numb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXGInUeE_Zw We Will Fall Together(live on Fearless Music) Reel Big Fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCgX4ixCRcQ Beer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sGg0at4mI4 Take On Me Save Ferris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCzWPBR30Nk Come on Eileen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkLHS8BCTQE Superspy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWFGn-HXBpc&feature=related Mistaken Mustard Plug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpAi2QHA-0 Mendoza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQEZdOR-OgU&feature=related Beer Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQEZdOR-OgU&feature=related Skank By Numbers(skanking is the type of dance that you do when you listen to Ska music ska-nk.. get it?) Skankin' Pickle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDeufHrUXg Onyonghasayo(best song ever) Mad Caddies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkDunsHZZ-k Today(Live on Fearless Music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACMckXr1j4o&feature=relmfu State Of Mind(live on Fearless) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Bf0WRkhtg&feature=relmfu Souls For Sale(again, live on Fearless) Last Band.. i promise.. Big D and The Kids Table: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oM_-K9rXY Shining On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4856mV7uSUE&feature=related Bender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8VaZ4pB_is&feature=related A Kiss A Week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL5xCxYKsQ8&feature=related Been Wishin' On

                            Sorry for the long post....

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                            Indie Folk

                            "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver

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                            HOW DID EVERYONE FORGET ABOUT KOREAN POP LIKE BIGBANG AND T-ARA? It's like American Pop Music, but 10x better... because it's Korean.....

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                            Hardcore - black my heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoD1PzuJ-9w&feature=related

                            ... horrible sound, but GREAT video

                            Baltimore Hardcore - Stout - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcvoHqs8Qk&feature=related

                            scariest dudes ever.

                            'post' hardcore - Bane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJMBxIOocok

                            youth crew hardcore - champion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omNjIlQdbPg&feature=related

                            ....................actually, they're all hardcore...here's some more must watches if you like what you see:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7PbS6sdiZo - first blood

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oU2x6vi7o - death threat

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4JEsEK7PI - ten yard fight

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt616BtpD-w&feature=related - hatebreed

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56V-mmBoow&feature=related - badluck13 (lulllllllllllz)

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                            Grateful Dead-Scarlett Begonias played into Fire on The Mountain from Barton Hall Cornell University 1977.

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                            Pop Punk - The Last Lie I Told-Saves The Day

                            Contemporary Alternative - hum - dreamboat & Jimmy Eat World "Sweetness"

                            90's Style Alternative - Smashing Pumpkins - Rocket

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                            Hard Rock. Sweet Child'o Mine (GNR)

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                            Vocal Electronica. Probably Sepiamusic: Prototype

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                            hmm....dare I say....kpop

                            *TVXQ - Wae (keep your head down)

                            *SuJu - No Other

                            *Taeyang - I need a girl

                            *Taeyang - Wedding Dress

                            *Secret - My Boy

                            and who can forget this catchy song :P

                            *Girls Generation - Gee

                            I also listen to khiphop, the scene is good, the idol hiphop groups are.....ok, aside from supreme team which they are great.

                            *Drunken Tiger - True Romance

                            *DynamicDuo - Superstar

                            also Cant forget about Epik High, one of the best.

                            *Epik High - One

                            *Epik High - ?? (Falling Blossoms)

                            *Supreme Team - ???

                            *Supreme Team - Super Lady

                            Though, if you look at my Last.fm profile, you'll see that I listen to basically any music. I know you asked for a song, but a first time listener should listen to more then one to get a feel for it.

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                            whats with all these random genres? what happened to just rock, metal, pop,punk, and hip hop?

                            [–]ImOnTheWrongForum 0 points1 point ago

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                            Easycore - Stay Out by Hit The Lights

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                            Classic house.

                            It seems increasingly apparent to me that people in the US don't know about/don't care for tasteful dance music and it makes me sad.

                            Swimming Places (Original Mix) - Julien Jabre

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                            Mashups. All Day by Girl Talk.

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                            Jazz-Pop

                            Coralie Clement and Bonnie Pink. Too lazy to link, youtube that shit yourself.

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                            Jeff Buckley - Grace

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                            Prog Rock: The Spirit of Radio by Rush. It's not necessarily my absolute favorite of their work (to be honest, I don't have one!), but it really gives you a feeling of the things they can do.

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                            Gonna go out on a limb here and classify a genre differently:

                            90s music

                            The Red Summer Sun-Third Eye Blind CD: Blue

                            I just feel like this song represents 90s music as a whole, kind of a transition from more "minor key" stuff and lots of distortion to more experimental pieces while keeping catchy guitar riffs and drumbeats central to the music. And I love how this song starts off slow, rises into an instrumental bliss, then changes time into an interesting fast section, then abruptly ends, before beginning to pick back up again. Reminds me kind of how my summers always went every year in the 90s.

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                            country - neil young comes a time

                            [–]lurkerhopestoimpress 0 points1 point ago

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                            Post-Hardcore. Listen to Rival Schools. They are awesome.

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                            U.k blues invasion. John mayall and the blues breakers - all your love, or The animals - "for miss caulker" (one of my top 5 songs ever)

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                            Glam Rock / Hair Metal. Nonstop to Nowhere by Faster Pussycat

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                            This is going to get buried but rocksteady/dancehall is the best and Tommy McCook from the Skatallites does it right.

                            The Shadow of Your Smile

                            [–]dudewhatthehellman 0 points1 point ago

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                            Aaaaaaaaand bookmark.

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                            Edit: I'm an idiot and replied to the wrong thing.

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                            Progressive music of course! Most people have already heard a few Rush songs on the radio or something, but they should take a gander at at Porcupine Tree

                            From their I would recommend Riverside, Spock's Beard, Dream Theater, and go from there.

                            My personal favorite Prog Band is Pain of Salvation, and I encourage ANYONE to go out and discover musical depth unmatched.

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                            Emo - Decembers by Hawthorne Heights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7TzxQiyzbg

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                            IDM. Roygbiv by Boards of Canada

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                            Progressive post-hardcore. PMtoday - Don't Exist

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                            Guitar Instrumental.

                            "Gray Pianos Flying" - Shawn Lane

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                            'Country Rock': anything on American Beauty or Workingman's Dead

                            That is all.

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                            Alt country. Let's Explode by Clem Snide.

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                            MEANINGFUL hip hop - lupe fiasco - american terrorist

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                            Punk: The Misfits - Bullet

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                            Is Jam Band a genre? Guitar driven rock with long, improvised jam sessions.

                            moe. - Moth

                            Widespread Panic - Pilgrims

                            Gov't Mule - Soulshine

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                            For a while ive been thinking i couldnt find stuff i really liked because i love 60's blues/psychadellic rock and thats a "small" niche (im only in my twenties) You people made me realize there is so much more to choose from and reminded me of stuff i liked outside that particular taste. Listening to DJ Shadow atm following it with some Beethoven ;)

                            Check out some of the music i mentioned (Jefferson's Airplane, early Santana, The Who, Cream, The Doors, Buffalo Springfield...)

                            Grateful Dead - New Minglewood Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses The Youngbloods - Four in the morning Follow the links and have fun ;)

                            [–]LSDream 0 points1 point ago

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                            Downtempo electronic. Trifonic - parks on fire.

                            It is the most amazing music I have ever listened to. It's so gentle and haunting

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                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otPxoVQiIGo (freaks and geeks)

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg3jPdSuRIE (not going back, better if not into the rap scene that much)

                            Donald Glover/ Childish Gambino. Redefining rap.

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                            [–]taffy-nay 0 points1 point ago

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                            Chiptune

                            Artist: Random
                            Track: Spontaneous Devotion

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                            I pick the RZA, the GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspektor Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killah and the Method man performing their hit single, "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit"

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                            Instrumental extended range bass solos, such as Jean Baudin:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uOqGq1I0g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3XpcHXU41Q

                            Or anything else from his album Solace http://www.amazon.com/Solace/dp/B0040EQB8M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304897357&sr=8-1

                            If anyone knows of any other similar artists I would love to know about them.

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                            Concert Band/Wind Ensemble music is fantastic.

                            Novo Lenio - Samuel Hazo - One of my all-time favorites.
                            The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W. Smith - Shows the parts can really tell a story or set the atmosphere very well.
                            Kindred Spirits - Brian Balmages - Illustrates the emotional and touching aspects of music.
                            Asphalt Cocktail - John Mackey - An extremely intense ride throughout the entire piece.

                            If anyone has any other pieces to share, that would be fantastic.

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                            Australian Hip-Hop

                            Bliss and Eso

                            Illy

                            Horrorshow

                            There's also Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, and more. Personally, I like it a whole lot more than American hip-hop/rap... has a more positive spin/message and unique beats and rhythm.

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                            death metal. opeth - demon of the fall

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBrH5PZtcc

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                            Ambient Electronic music.

                            Everyone'd say Eno, but this is the song that gets people hooked whenever I show it to them. Somewhere between Daft Punk, Vangelis and Boards of Canada, Zero Cult is my most favourite electornic musical artist. The cinematic element to all of his music blows me away.

                            make absolute sure you listen to this and this too.

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                            Not sure how to explain it but I think of it as 'Southern/R&B/Country/Gospel/Rock', and it's best encapsulated by what Aretha Franklin did at Muscle Shoals and Atlantic Records in the late 60s, or Elton John's 'Tumbleweed Connection', or some of the stuff of The Stones' 'Exile On Main Street'.

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                            comment to remember the link

                            [–]Benlarge1 0 points1 point ago

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                            Hip-Hop/Rap

                            Lose Yourself- Eminem

                            Rabbit Run- Eminem

                            Gangsta's Paradise- Coolio

                            Changes- 2PAC

                            Empire State of Mind- Jay-Z

                            The Potion- Ludacris

                            I know that Hip-Hop/Rap gets a lot of shit here on Reddit, but it can still be good!

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                            Slayer.

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                            I love drum and bass. I don't know what song I'd play. Maybe this track...

                            [–]TheEerieCold 0 points1 point ago

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                            Metalhead! \m/

                            Black metal: Shining - Langtar bort fran mitt hjarta

                            Progressive Death: Opeth - When

                            Industrial Black Metal: Blut Aus Nord - Disciple's Libration: Lost in the Nine Worlds

                            I could list countless more, but these three bands embody exactly what I love about the entire metal genre.

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                            I like how everybody seems to like good music on reddit. I've always been into the heavier end of prog/industrial;

                            Mnemic - Liquid

                            Sybreed - Lucifer effect (bridge of awsumsness)

                            Other prog/jazz/fusion acts definitely worth listening to;

                            Planet X - Clonus (or any song)

                            Animals as Leaders - CAFO

                            Tosin Abasi Dude from Animals as Leaders - AMAZING!

                            [–]harrison5692 0 points1 point ago

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                            say hello- martin solveige & dragonette (scientists remix)

                            [–]PurelySarcastic 0 points1 point ago

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                            Dubstep. Anything with a wub wub wub.

                            [–]ArmedWithAMind 0 points1 point ago

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                            hardcore

                            Watch Me Rise - Have Heart

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                            Not sure if it is a real genre but there are a few bands that play guitar music with fantastic, tongue in cheek, narrative lyrics, some examples:

                            Also The Smiths are genre unto themselves ...

                            [–]kellylizzz 0 points1 point ago

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                            Psychedelic Indie Rock Folk. Or something.

                            Animal Collective-Summertime Clothes

                            That song captures the first part. I'm really not sure what to call it but It's the perfect music to lose yourself in.

                            The Antlers-In the Attic

                            That covers the folkishrock. I'm horrible at genres. I mainly like things I can completely submerge myself in, but that refrain from just being noise. The Beatles are my favorite band, if that helps.

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                            Punk. My favorite band is The Clash, so I'd probably choose White Man in Hammersmith Palais.

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                            Fang Island- i have heard them described as post-rock, but i would put them in the genre "epicawesome"

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                            This is going to sound corny as shit but I'm a kid that grew up on country, went to classic rock then industrial then hip hop with an underlying vein of classical music through it all.

                            I'd like to think that this pretty much sums up modern pop music and why I love it so much (music, pop music is just an aspect of it).

                            Handsome Boy Modeling School - Rock 'n' Roll

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                            Can't really narrow it down to one, so I'll post a handful.

                            Dark ambient: for some reason, despite being very chilling, this style of music really draws me in and makes my imagination run wild, in a good way. :)

                            Example: Lustmord - Strange Attractor

                            Powernoise is another genre of music you wouldn't think people would find enjoyable, but which I absolutely love! There's something about creating beauty from something so harsh and abrasive that really moves me.

                            Example: Imminent - teskede

                            That fascinating blend of House, Techno, and Ambient Techno often erroneously referred to as "Electronica": specifically, the movement that peaked in the UK in the '90s with bands like Orbital, Leftfield and Underworld. One of the few styles I've maintained a strong interest in since I was a teenager, and I wish I could find more of it that rubs me the way Orbital does.

                            Example: Orbital - The Girl With The Sun In Her Head

                            Ambient Industrial: Understandably rare as all hell (I can only think of one musician off the top of my head who does it well) but one of the most incredible genre-fusions I've encountered to date!

                            Example: Gridlock - Return

                            Ethereal (Wave): Smooth, dreamy, experimental rock at its finest! Even though it has its origins in darkwave and goth, it's hard to listen to a lot of it without feeling at least a little joyous inside.

                            Example: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

                            Alternative Rock: Edited this in, because despite being popular, it really, really deserves a nod from me. I grew up on it, still love it, and long for another period in which the dominant musical genre is so eclectic and full of great bands.

                            Example: The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

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                            Indie Folk. "Skinny Love" but Bon Iver, but NOT the album version. His performance on Jools Holland got me hooked forever and ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAS6nwYc9g

                            [–]nohbody3 0 points1 point ago

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                            horror punk - skulls by the misfits

                            [–]Bronco09 0 points1 point ago

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                            Fang Island- i have heard them described as post-rock, but i would put them in the genre "epicawesome"

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                            Ska.

                            "Rhythm" by The Cat Empire, or "Keasbey Nights" by Streetlight Manifesto.

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                            Swing Revival & Ska - Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, followed up by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's cover of Walt Disney's the Jungle Book's I Wanna Be Like You and the Cat Empire's The Car Song. Of course there's plenty of other awesome examples, but I tried to get something that most people would like even if they didn't enjoy the majority of the genres.

                            [–]kslgsu 0 points1 point ago

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                            whatever the hell the glitch mob is

                            [–]res12 0 points1 point ago

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                            "alternative rock, punk, rock, post-hardcore, "gross pop", "light jazz" and funk rock." -The Used.

                            I just really love the sincerity of their music; it's the kind that can just really move me inside out.

                            [–]sjalvur 0 points1 point ago

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                            This discussion lead me to realize that I don't know the genre of any of the music I listen to.

                            [–]fatganjaotter 0 points1 point ago

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                            New Zealand reggae-jazz-dub jam music? Fat Freddy's Drop

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29MgzHUhHws

                            Has a ridiculously chill music video as well, ending with the best party ever and a giant octopus playing saxophone.

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                            I don't know if it's off topic, but I wouldn't recommend them as the epitome of that Cleveland rock sound, but Afghan whigs is always a band I listen to for a fast paced car ride. Even though they're not really around anymore, the spin offs - Gutter Twins and Twilight Singers are good too. - http://www.summerskiss.com/

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                            punk rock. nofx. moron brothers.

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                            Alternative. Heart shaped box -Nirvana

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                            Indie Rock

                            Modest Mouse - Edit the Sad Parts

                            Isaac Brock is a lyrical genius.

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                            soul. sam cooke change is gonna come

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                            Classic rock, maybe stairway? I'm not sure, I feel like you should already like classic rock when you hear that. Maybe some Steve Miller, not sure.

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                            Pop music: Rebecca Black

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                            Thrash. Cowboys From Hell.

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                            Elevator music (Chillout) - Mr. Squirrel: We've got all morning

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                            "Dance". I really like upbeat songs that get you moving, and Aimin At Your Head by Pretty Lights is probably my favorite song in my library at the moment. Rocking my face off to it at the PL concert was probably one of the best parts of the show.

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                            Jangle Pop. Sooner or Later - The Feelies.

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                            i would have to go with Power Metal as my favorite genre. If I were showing it to someone for the first time I would have to go with Warriors by Freedom Call.

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                            While we are on the subject, anyone have any good Pandora Stations? I like everything except country Some of my stations Skrillex, Katy Perry(I'm a die hard fan of katy) don't judge., Deadmau5, Kaskade.

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                            Alt. Rock - 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins

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                            Screamo

                            Pianos Become the Teeth - Houses we Die In

                            One of the best in the genre right now

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                            NASA created this list in 1977...

                            http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/music.html

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                            Happy Hardcore - Scott Brown - Elysium Plus

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                            Alternative/Punk Rock and the song would without a doubt be "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit

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                            Symphonic Metal.
                            Ghost Love Score by Nightwish Poet and the Pendulum by Nightwish Human Stain by Kamelot Our Solemn Hour by Within Temptation Rule The World by Kamelot Another Me in "Lack'ech" by Epica Choose any music by Apocolyptica

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                            If someone actually reads this, the 3980th comment, say HO-OOOO!

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                            Can't say I have a favorite genre of music really depends on mood. Been on a rap kick lately:

                            A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out Nas - Illmatic (entire album, my fav hiphop album) Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Take You There (9th Wonder Remix) Emancipator - Shook (Mobb Deep/Sigur Ros Remix)

                            And some others:

                            Serge Gainsbourg - Melody Roxy Music - Avalon (makes me feel like I'm floating on a cloud) Isaac Hayes - Walk on by Bonobo - Eyesdown Elgar - Cello Concerto (preferably performed by Jacqueline Du Pre) gorgeous piece of music

                            Music is Beautiful.

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                            Neue Deutsche Harte, Try anything by Rammstein. You have to speak German for the full effect, but it's still pretty mindblowing. Listen to every album chronologically, you have to hear every song because every one could pretty much be a different genre.

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                            Just to name a few more genres and songs:

                            Prog: Rush - La Villa Strangiato http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPHsONF_tE

                            30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhUya3D73sI (Can this really be classified as prog?)

                            Punk: Rise Against - Satellite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9fZaEUM60A

                            Drones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94vo6NzQD5c

                            Paper Wings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIP4Q_L5iCM

                            Help is On The Way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myltH4huhpw

                            More Metal: Bullet For My Valentine - All These Things I Hate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVad3YOO9eo

                            Tears Don't Fall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWxqd90-XWI

                            Hearts Burst Into Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfCzXaUFb80

                            Your Betrayal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3TLu5uocX8

                            Scar Symmetry - Retaliator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVpK30IZyQc

                            Deviate From The Form http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WAwU4uduCE&feature=related

                            Artificial Sun Projection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzgRIOrJxmQ

                            The Missing Coordinates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=736fyCrnjJ4

                            There is A LOT MORE, but I just put a few more songs from bands I like

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                            I would play either Oasis - Wonder wall or 3 Doors Down - Superman. I would have to make sure I knew how the person felt before choosing between the two. Favorite genre is probably 80's rock.

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                            For anyone who considers hip-hop "unmusical" :

                            Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: T.R.O.Y. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLbjjiU4ins

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                            progressive rock, coheed & cambria - everything evil

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                            Post-metal

                            Dim by Cult of Luna

                            or alternatively

                            So Did We by ISIS

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                            my personal fav is yodeling.

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                            Are people trying to one-up or out-hipster each other? I haven't even heard of half of these genres or bands until today.

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                            Old School Rap/HipHop Keep Your Head Up -Tupac

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                            Anticon: A record label that's a collection of "Hip-hop, indie rock and electronic music", according to their wikipedia

                            there's so much more that I have left out... you can check out some of their music on their website or on their youtube channel.

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                            Reggaeton, or more so romantic reggaeton. Reggaeton was a puerto rican hip-hop movement starting in the early 90's. With the rise of American hip-hop and rap came the rise of the Spanish-American counterpart. I listen predominantly to romantic reggaeton, which is the spanish version of R&B only with good beats and rhythm.

                            My favorite song probably isn't what I would recommend so a first time listener, but I would definitely go with Dime (Tell me) as a compassionate song with a nice beat.

                            The most popular singers are definitely Daddy Yankee (There is a good chance you know this song), Don Omar, and Wisin y Yandel.

                            Over the past 9 months of listening to this genre, I have gotten into more underground signers. This sounds sort of hipster, but I am the only white teenager I have ever seen that listens to this stuff. Also my favorite singer is definitely this chick, she's pretty hot as well.

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                            I think I would play what someone first showed me 8 years ago. When I decided I wanted to listen to indie music at age 14, I asked my friend Dina, and she gave me "Fighting in a Sack" by The Shins.

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                            It's pretty hard to choose just one. But I guess I'll go with pop-punk. This song will never get old for me.

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                            Punk

                            Fugazi - The Argument

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                            It's fairly hard to boil it all down to one genre, so I'm going with one genre and one band.

                            post rock: Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, This Will Destroy You.

                            between the buried and me: Hardcore meets prog rock, jazz, polka...really complex music that I find beautiful in a (meta) way. Definitely not for everyone thanks to the screaming / growling, but the clean songs (Reaction, Mirrors, Desert of Song, Medicine Wheel, Breathe in Breathe out) are in my opinion extremely beautiful. Also, most of their songs tend to change a lot of "genre" throughout, maybe begging with a prog rock riff, going into a death metal section before cutting off into a clean part finishing with some solo. The actual musicians are incredibly talented, and deserve a lot of recognition (they aren't very mainstream thanks to their "mother" genre of hardcore / death metal).

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                            Hardcore punk. Minor Threat - Minor Threat.

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                            Harsh Noise

                            Incapacitants - anything live (don't really have "songs")

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                            I never thought I'd find a genre of music that I literally can't handle, but this one definitely takes the cake. I listen to music that people have describe as having "noise elements", but didn't know there were entire noise performances. I try to be really open minded so I just want to know where the appeal lies?

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                            Newer Minimal Electronic Xeno & Oaklander

                            New Darkwave/Darkhouse Gatekeeper

                            and of course Boogie Funk Wynd Chymes

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                            Progressive Rock.

                            Pink Floyd - Echoes or Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

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                            hardcore punk, mdc, "i remember"

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                            I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but I've always been highly amused by the Symphonic Fantasy Power Metal sub-genre of Power Metal, e.g. Luca Turilli. I'd recommend Black Dragon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8ryvO7mik

                            edit: Everyone should at least listen until the chorus at ~1:50. I lose it every time.

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                            This is a great thread! Fun to get introduced to new stuff!

                            My favorite subgenre: alternative/progressive metal.

                            Baroness

                            The song is "A Horse Called Golgatha":

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eH13VblQfI&feature=related

                            But the Prelude to "A Horse Called Golgatha" is "Ogeechee Hymnal":

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FM73fiQL0Q&feature=related

                            Blue Record is a concept album so it is meant to be listened to all the way through, but these two songs together is beautiful!

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                            Trance. I would let them listen to this: Sandr Van Doorn - Love is Darkness or if they're still hating: Andain - Promises

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                            Frankly, I'm torn between Heavy Metal and Trance. They're miles apart in terms of style, but I like metal (especially power metal or melodic death metal) for the crunchy riffs and insane solos, while I like trance for the intense beat and the serene, dream-like melodies.

                            For metal, I suggest anything by Joe Satriani, especially Mind Storm

                            And for trance, it would be insane not mention Ronny K, whose mixes are the most awesome songs I've ever heard, especially tunes like Atlantis

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                            I like good Pop songwriting with great melodies, chord changes, instrumentation, production, and of course lyrics. There is this band called The Beatles that Paul McCartney from Wings was in a long time ago. It is pretty good stuff. You should check it out.

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                            Born Slippy

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                            Acid Jazz anything Amon Tobin, Bonobo, Blockhead!

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                            Just wanted to say thank you to this thread and everyone who posted. You have expanded my Pandora station list and I love it all! (I doubt anyone will see this among the ~4100 posts!)

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                            Oldschool Death Metal - Morbid Angel - Where the Slime Live

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                            More often than not, when someone new is coming over and I'm sticking on a vinyl, I've put on The Who - Who By Numbers, or Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

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                            Kwela! It's sort of South African skiffle (if that makes sense).

                            Kwela Claude was one of the most popular songs.

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                            Hardcore

                            Hatebreed - Perseverance

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                            Genre: old rock & roll / r&b

                            Great comp: songs we taught the detroit cobras.

                            Listen to it here: http://8tracks.com/magneticfields/songs-we-taught-the-detroit-cobras

                            Download it here (2 cd's): http://ocanadarm.blogspot.com/2007/06/songs-we-taught-detroit-cobras-va.html

                            I know you asked for one track to represent the genre, but there is just too many great ones on this comp.

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                            Glitch Artist: edIT Song: Ants Note: It's likely because I'm such a geek that when I was growing up, I heard so many of those noises made by computers/electronics from tinkering, learning, building, etc. Suddenly it's like.. holy shit, he made music from noise.

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                            Power Metal, Another Holy War by Blind Guardian

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                            I've read the thread and 90% are familiar to me ( and AWESOME, Reddit you have good taste) but am shocked that no one has mentioned RADIOHEAD as their own genre. Compare Pablo Honey to In Rainbows or OK Computer to The King Of Limbs... such variation in sound!

                            One band who has defined modern music should deserve their own 'genre' (even though I dont like the trend of music critics persisting to pigeonhole every new actor artist into a specific subsubsubgenre and the bitching it creates)

                            If I had to name a definitive song from each of their periods of sound, without hitting on the 'singles', it would go:

                            Early 90s - The Trickster - (Iron Lung EP) http://youtu.be/CBHRiKZY2fk Late 90s - Big Boots - (Unreleased) - http://youtu.be/L9vAME_4Ws8 Early 00s - Hunting Bears - (Amnesiac) - http://youtu.be/ZWe-ZgjTrYE Late 00s - Videotape - (In Rainbows Limited Disc 2) - http://youtu.be/-kCKob1YKOU Early 10s - Supercollider - (12" EP) - http://youtu.be/aXeMfqQo8-0

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                            I am normally split between metal and classical. When I think of what my go to songs are for each, my usual first stops are Pantera's 13 steps (metal) and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (classical). May not be best references for either, but they still give me goose bumps after all these years.

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                            Rap - If you are put off by the gangsta' big pimpin' lyrical content of rap I recommend shad. Pretty deep lyrics and he's canadian!

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                            Pop-Punk: Blink-182 - Asthenia

                            Or Neo-Progressive Rock: Angels & Airwaves - Hallucinations

                            Totally not a Tom DeLonge fanboy...

                            [–]GuitAst 0 points1 point ago

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                            uh classical and Brahms violin concerto last movement played by Hilary Hahn or Sarah Chang. (preferably Hilary)

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                            Garage Punk — here's the Oblivans with "Bad Man"

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                            Electroswing. CARAVAN PALACE - Jolie Coquine

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                            Hardcore - Sick of it all, Take the night off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyC6TtxTSQc

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                            rap - Uncommon Valor (A Vietnam Story) by Jedi Mind Tricks.

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                            Post hardcore/screamo/experimental. Dance Gavin dance is an amazing band. Any song has amazing sound to them. Just got to get pass the screams.

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                            industrial.

                            skinny puppy.

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                            European Prog Metal Twisted Coil by The Guilt Machine http://grooveshark.com/s/Twisted+Coil/2qyMP8?src=5

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                            This thread is amazing.

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                            Nerdcore hiphop, something by MC Frontalot, Goth Girls or Secrets From The Future or maybe You Got Asperger's.

                            [–]Volopok 0 points1 point ago

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                            This one. Pretty sure.

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                            Hi-NRG Freestyle, Alisha - Too Turned On

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                            blue eyed soul...amy winehouse-"you should be stronger than me",john mayer-"who did you think i was", adele-"rolling in the deep", jim morrison-"riders on the storm"

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                            Rock. I'd play them "Thunder road" by Springsteen. Sums up the rock ideals beautifully.

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                            Post Punk/ New Wave- Television- Venus (De Milo)

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                            If you can get passed his voice it's pretty awesome.

                            Tom Verlaine's solo stuff isn't that bad either. Dreamtime was awesome.

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                            BEST POST EVER! I need to go buy another ipod for all this new music!

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                            Symphonic metal. Intro song:Nightwish's cover of "Over the Hills and Far Away".....Or alternatively, the song "Paradise Lost" by Symphony X. Both songs are incredible. And even though Nightwish's best song is a Gary Moore cover, imo the cover is better than the original song.

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                            Noise Rock. It can be a little difficult to get into, but there's no beating Lightning Bolt for this. Brian Chippendale is goddamn brilliant. If you ever have an opportunity to see them live, do so, because they traditionally set themselves up in the pit.

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                            I don't have a favorite genre, but if I was trying to introduce someone to 90's alterna rock, I might play this gem by the JAMC:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4AAd00dSQ

                            Assuming I didn't just go for the insanely obvious route and play them this:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

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                            Hip Hop

                            The world is yours -- Nas

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                            Sognarmetal branch of Black Metal. Windir - Todeswalzer

                            Glad to see it's finally starting to catch on.

                            [–]logboy 0 points1 point ago

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                            Punk.

                            "Wore Out The Soles of My Party Boots" by NOFX.

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                            The Oshkosh, WI Metal Scene, my band Idiopath-http://www.reverbnation.com/idiopath

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                            I find peace in ambient music, I love showing people Helios

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                            Dubstep sounds like a robot gangbang

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                            I love post-rock and post-hardcore, so I'm gonna give a plug to The Pax Cecilia. Their album Blessed Are The Bonds is incredible, and what's more it's completely free. everyone should check this out.

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                            I want to say Nightwish is orchestral metal, but I'm sure that's wrong, and I seriously don't care what the genre is. They're amazing.

                            The Poet and the Pendulum

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                            Reggae, "Zimbabwe" by Bob Marley

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                            Punk - I'd start with either Janie Jones, (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais, or Garageland. All by the Clash, all on the first album. Actually, I'd probably just get them to listen to the whole album.

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                            Post pre dub prog jazzy class hip death modern grunge. It is so new, no one plays it yet.

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                            Ska was a pretty cool genre. I'll pick it. Take this song, for example. It's light-hearted, funny, has a beat that just makes you want to jump around and go nuts, and just basically makes you feel good.

                            Ska is feel good music. I dig it.

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                            Such variety and wide breadth

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                            Is banjo a genre??? Haha! Just joking....

                            I am all about Old Man Luedecke right now and I love this song...The Rear Guard.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eGFig4EX0M&feature=related

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                            Progressive Death Indie (a name not-so-seriously used by the band to describe themselves): "Massive Bereavement" by Oceansize

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                            Liquid funk (dnb subgenre)
                            Note: This genre is often very progressive, meaning songs slowly build up (some more that others).
                            If you skip right into the middle, it's going to be very confusing, and you're not going to enjoy it.

                            The first song I would have you listen to would be

                            It has vocal, is somewhat progressive, and is a bit on the light side of the genre.
                            So not too hardcore for a first-time listener, I reckon.

                            If you're into it, here are a couple of more to get started:

                            Such a great genre.
                            Can get you really psyched, but also extremely relaxed.

                            Probably goes without saying that you will get the most out of this genre if you play it loud.

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                            Psybient. Rogue Bagel by OTT

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                            I dig techno.

                            If I want to piss them off I say DaRude - Sandstorm.

                            Otherwise I say something like Black Dog - You're Only SQL (or anything from the same album)

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                            death metal :) Death - Empty Words

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                            I'm still kinda young, so some of you guys might blow me off, but:

                            Trance; Ferry Corsten - Fire (flashover remix)

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                            Loving this thread! So much awesome music :)

                            For me, I guess I'm into hip hop, dance, and classical the most, but I like almost any genre.

                            Some stuff I'd recommend: Lupe Fiasco - Hurt Me Soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZYQokkpbE

                            De la Soul - Stakes is High: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW3gUu0Q8a4

                            Annie - Anthonio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpv3TBtUcTQ

                            Roysopp - Remind Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4u4JJAPGk

                            Per-Olov Kindgren - When I think of you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybY17Guu0oc

                            Franz Liszt - Liebestraum Nr. 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hdDOFtW64

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                            Indie music. Built to spill. My favorite band for years

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                            R&B, Can you stand the Rain by Boys II Men.

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                            Punk.

                            Through all its sub-genres, I think the one band to epitomize it was Refused.

                            New Noise

                            Their last album, The Shape of Punk to Come is DEFINITE MUST-BUY/DOWNLOAD.

                            I can't believe nobody mentioned this already :(

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                            Downvotes Be damned! Stone Temple Pilots - Crackerman from MTV unplugged!

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                            Ambient techno...always puts me at ease

                            Pete Standing Alone - Boards of Canada

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                            99 luftballons, Alvin and the chipmunks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO6_1VyX5v8&feature=related

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                            Genre: Dub

                            Song: alien outta the space by Lee Scratch Perry

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                            Contemporary Folk fusion Music. It's really chill and great for painting to.

                            Sufijan Stevens - Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGIf74ICmw

                            Iron and wine - Me and Lazarus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN1xqZkKX1g

                            Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-CEfY9CDLw

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                            Thought i'd move away from the english ones, so i will post some good Ol' Mexican music. I would like if any of ya'll checked them out. Its good music really, unless you're just against Mexican music for some reason or another.

                            Fast Duranguense: A Cambio De Que Por Tu Amor Encontre Solo Junto A TI No Lo Hare

                            Slower/Sentimental Duranguense: Almas Gemelas La Ciudad Del Olvido Ganas De Volver A Amar Por Amor A Ti

                            Banda: Quien Es Usted(He was killed by the cartels) Te Presumo Me Gusta Todo De Ti

                            Nortena: Pajarillo Ni Que Valieras Tanto Ultimas Noticias No te Extrano Ya Lo Se Belleza De Cantina Del Otro Lado Del Porton Cuenta Conmigo Como Arrancarte Mi Amuleto Eres Tu

                            Tejana: Y Todo Para Que Un Beso Le Dije Al Corazon Solo Contigo Necesito Mas De Ti Un Minuto Mas Pretty much all of these artists' songs are really good for first time listeners.

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                            Trance....anything by Tiesto, or some old school Oakenfold, the more popular stuff, then get into the lesser know DJ's

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                            Math pop

                            Tubelord

                            try not to like it.

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                            Someone needs to make a website or bookmarklet that automatically scrapes a thread like this for Youtube links and makes a playlist.

                            Looks like it is possible: http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol.html#Adding_a_playlist

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                            lonely dear.

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                            I can never classify them correctly, perhaps prog rock/metal, but Tool.

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                            Jam bands. Widespread Panic - Climb to Safety
                            It's a good intro into bands like Widespread, Phish, String Cheese etc.

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                            Genre: Ambient Glitch Artist: Beefcake Song: Track 2 (from Coincidal Oppositorium)

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                            can someone playlist all the suggestions?

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                            One of my favorite genres is power metal. They range from symphonic Blind Guardian, to the more classical sense of power metal Helloween.

                            I suggest for people to check out Blind Guardian. The singer, Hansi Kursch has one of the best voices in metal imo. He uses multitracking (iirc And Then There was Silence used up to 54 tracks) reminiscent of Queen (one of their inspirations).

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                            downtemp. Royksopp - Remind me (someone else's remix" or Eple

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                            P-funk

                            Roger Troutman - Maxx Axe

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                            punk. what the clever kids call "beardpunk" or "orgcore".

                            i'd probably play american steel - rogue's march http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av9fcyVNm8g

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                            Funk hybrids:

                            Pigbag: Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag

                            Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade: Buzzards of Green Hill

                            Can: I'm So Green

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                            Trying to pick my favorite song is like trying to pick a favorite child. Which one I like best just depends on how I'm feeling at the time. Death metal is probably my favorite genre, but as for favorite song, that would be tough.

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                            Down, Out, Pissed Drunk but Happy.

                            See Tom Waits Elephant Beer Blues (Basically a riff on Nighthawks at the Diner)

                            Young Tom Waits is much more accessible to a new listener than his later stuff.

                            Edit: He plays the part so well. He's got a porno mag rolled up in his pocket even. Dam I wish I could have seen him in his prime.

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                            I'm a 90's punk kid at heart. I'd probably play She by Green Day. I know it's kind of obvious, but it's such a great song. For something newer I might play True Crime by the Riverboat Gamblers or Noble Stabbings by Dillinger Four. Also maybe Devil's Dance Floor by Flogging Molly.

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                            Not necessarily my favorite genre (I don't know that I could pick just one), but woefully and atrociously under-represented is Pre-Modern music -- that is, music composed prior to the Baroque period.

                            I would suggest Thomas Tallis as the easiest composer to get into, in part because he composed in English for much of his career. If Ye Love Me and Verily, Verily are both good examples of his work. Other worth while composer would include Orlando de Lassus, Johannes Ockgenham, and Giovanni da Palastrina.

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                            I'm a huge fan of electronic music. Currently though i've been listening to what i would call disco revival or disco punk. I'm sure there is a more proper name but i feel that it's suiting.

                            LCD Soundsystem Delorean Holy Ghost! Cut Copy !!! or Chk Chk Chk

                            And i've really been diving into older music because of these bands. Bands like Depeche Mode, Suicide, This Heat, The Human League, etc.

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                            Classical, Beethoven Piano Concerto #4

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                            psychedelic rock- kids by mgmt

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                            Reggae music. Sweet Roots riddims! Katchafire is my all time favorite band. From New Zealand. 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S52UQG0tfJk 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSSD48ylGOE&feature=related And my all time favorite song: 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogZ2knSKYCM&feature=related Edit: formatting

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                            Jazz-hop and I would recommend: Artist: Blu Album: So(ul) Amazing, Her Favorite Colo(u)r, or Below the Heavens Songs: My Boy Blu, So(ul) Amazin' (Steel Blazin'), Vanity, or Amnesia

                            It's hard to choose 1 album or 1 song by Blu he's incredible

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                            Electric Blues - Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

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                            90's alternative

                            Frank Black - Headache

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                            Rock music, a good band is cultured enough to step outside their genre, but don't step outside so much that you don't know what they are between each songs.

                            Mars Volta - Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus (Part1 and Part2)

                            Nothing is more satisfying to me then a song that holds surprises at every corner.

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                            60s garage rock (proto-punk): Strychnine by The Sonics!

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                            It's really difficult for me, really dependent on what kind of mood I am in, so I will list a few of my favorite genres, and favorite songs:

                            Post-Rock: Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Anything off of F#A#

                            Indie Pop: Los Campesinos- "The Sea is a Good Place to Think of the Future"

                            Johnny Foreigner- "Lea room"

                            Ska?: Streetlight Manifesto- "We Will Fall Together"

                            Experimental: Parenthetical Girls- "The Weight She Fell Under"

                            Just to name a few

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                            Big Beat:

                            Overseer and the remix to the song linked. (Animatrix)

                            Most of you know Rob Dougan

                            and of course Prodigy

                            It's probably redundant, but for the youngsters out there...this is what dominated my childhood and walkman.

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                            w/out a ctrl-f, I would say Jane's Addition's Stop. Dave Navarro has some crazy guitar skills and they are highlighted in that song.

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                            Industrial - nine inch nails: burn

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                            dubsep

                            listening to bionic commando by rusko for the first time while baked. blew my mind.

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                            Prog rock: Every Day- Steve Hackett

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                            I do not have a favorite genre anymore, however I can break it down by age range. 12-14:Misfits - Last Caress (Hence sn of thefiend1977) 14-16:Choking Victim - 500 Channels 16-18:Sublime - Smoke Two Joints (Wonder what I was doing?) 18-20:Blitzkid - Myers 10/31 (Favorite band of all time... so far)

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                            Drillcore: Venetian Snares - Masodik Galamb - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASJOWQCr4rc

                            ITS JUST A PIGEON

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                            i don't have a favorite genre/artist/etc but I gotta represent the trippy jam/dub reggae/electro-funk/trance/genre transcending music that I see all the time up in good ol' upstate NY :)

                            giant panda guerilla dub squad

                            john brown's body

                            dopapod

                            bearquarium

                            jimkata

                            also,

                            i love cake

                            music is music

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                            Like already said, its hard to pick a genre. To narrow it down, im going to kind of combine two genres- alternative pop-rock. These are songs that usually have the hooks of pop songs but with real music behind them.

                            Half Crazy by Jukebox the Ghost: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=D6jmiAW01bc

                            Gimme Sympathy by Metric: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=FLb6GGm2qFw

                            Brothers on a hotel bed by Death Cab for Cutie: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=iZWZo-rnciE

                            Something good can work by Two door cinema club: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=1PorW3y5n1w

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                            I don't really have favorite...but one of my top 5 would be oldies...

                            I would play "Another Saturday Night" by Sam Cooke because it's rather catchy and I think it would be a good opener into other older songs.

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                            NZ Dub. Shapeshifter - Bring Change

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                            music sung by children's choirs

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws1D_2IfezI

                            ps 22 1000 Oceans

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                            Downtempo, Blockhead - Insomiac Olympics.

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                            Hip-Hop: Artist- Del the Funky Homosapien, Song- "3030"

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                            indie rock... Alright Alright

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                            Psychedelic rock.

                            The Brian Jonestown Massacre - That Girl Suicide, or Vacuum Boots The Flaming Lips - Everything's Exploding

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                            so, who wants to set up a Grooveshark playlist of all these songs? :)

                            (As with the "Reddit's dangerously fast driving playlist" - I love these threads.)

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                            Electroswing

                            We No Speak Americano

                            Probably one of the first I heard: Suzy

                            Also by Caravan Palace: Jolie Coquine

                            And this.

                            And actually, I wouldn't say this is my favorite genre, but it's up there, and I didn't see it mentioned. Also, anybody that has suggestions, let me know. I've been looking for good stuff and just keep finding the small handful of songs I've already heard.

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                            Destroyer - Bay of Pigs intrumental/disco? dunno exactly, but its epic

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                            Americana AKA Alt-Country:

                            Son Volt - "Live Free"

                            Chris Knight - "Framed" & "Heart of Stone"

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                            Improvisational Persian Music anything by this guy would be a start http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y034jkNTYgo&feature=related

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                            Great tool for breaking down different electronic music styles and giving a few quintessential examples for each style:

                            Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music - http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/music.swf

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                            Trip-hop!

                            and IMHO i believe RJD2's "Ghostwriter" best encapsulates the general feel of the music

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                            Hard and Heavy - Anything Pantera, FTW!!!

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                            It had to think how to define this, but, hardcore punk ska.

                            My Response To An Article In Alternative Press - Bomb The Music Industry!. Also, they release all their music for free download on their record label's site.

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                            90's Rock (Grunge/Alternative such as Alice in Chains/Tool)

                            I'd say Alice in Chains - Would or Rooster and Tool - Vicarious or Lateralus

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                            Mashup Artists -

                            http://www.thesixtyone.com/theupstairsroom/ Donesies. ;) Now go fritter your time away.

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                            I too vary in my personal tastes, but Texas Folk is worthy of a go if you aren't familiar with it. Specifically Townes Van Zant...a good song to start with (imho) is Loretta. One of the most soothing lyrical songs I have ever heard.

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                            Neue Deutsche Hart: Rammstein- Ich tu Dir weh.

                            While it may not be the most pure and best example of NDH, it is my absolute favorite sing by Rammstein.

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                            Post Rock: Godspeed You! Black Emperor-The Dead Flag Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLjup934Rk

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                            Rock, Foo Fighters, this!

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                            Americana - Anything by Gillian Welch.

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                            I listen to a lot of Classic Rock, stuff from the 60s-80s.

                            Queen - Liar

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                            Zeppelin. Hands down. The Rover/ Stairway to Heaven/ The Immigrant Song/ Traveling Riverside Blues

                            Also: Blind Melon...No Rain

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                            Hip Hop-The Roots-The Seed 2.0 or Brother Ali-Take Me Home

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                            Indie Rock. Syracuse. Pinback.

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                            Acid punk: Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sPxde77NRE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

                            And of course the Butthole Surfers-the legendary Texas BBQ vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBLUrDOxVX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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                            For people interested in Post Hardcore/Metalcore

                            The year summer ended in June by Misery Signals.

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XlccGu58Bc

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                            Blues - "I am in the Heavenly Way" - Booker "Bukka" White

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                            electro-dubstep

                            skrillex, scary monsters and nice sprites

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                            No matter how much I love Death Metal in all of its forms, and all the chill Indie bands that consume my mornings, the Power/Folk metal created by Symphony X blows them away. Their best song by far, is "The Odyssey," which is 24 minutes long, it brings me to another world.

                            ....

                            Concerning death metal; I would play to a first-time listener; "Lack of Comprehension," by Death.

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                            Concerning Indie-Rock stuff, I wake up in the mornings to Ben Kweller's "Commerce Tx." (:

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                            Rock/Alternative

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                            Classic rock & roll. I'd have to suggest Highway To Hell by AC/DC to a first time listener.

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                            A lot of genres I like have already been covered, but here's one I don't see: eurobeat.

                            Niko - Night of Fire

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                            Country. "Lovesick Blues," by Hank Williams Sr.

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                            My favorite genre is, generally, downtempo, electronic music, particularly songs with female lead vocals. Here's a few musicians/groups that I like (in no particular order): Imogen Heap/Frou Frou, Kate Havnevik, Royksopp, Blue Foundation, Bichi, Ratatat, Gorillaz, Pomplamoose, and to a lesser extent, Enya (I kind of have to be in the mood for her).

                            As for the second question, that is incredibly difficult to decide! My first thought was Let Go by Frou Frou, so I'll go with that.

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                            I'll just leave this here.

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                            Any of Jeff Loomis' music!

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                            Hollywood empowerment music: You're the Best & Push It to the Limit are good examples of what I wake up to every morning.

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                            Saw Sunshine, was a pretty trippy movie, recommend it, but for some reason, this song is just so moving to me:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxeZmiv5MM8

                            edit: no idea what this would be classified as genre-wise

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                            I am fascinated by Spanish language covers songs of American and English Pop Hits.

                            Checkout the Sweet and Tender Hooligans version of the Smith's "There is a Light That Never Goes Out". It entitled "Esta Luz Nunca Se Apagara."

                            There are a bunch more like this at thespanishversion.org

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                            Classic rock: Baba O'Riley by the Who. Gives me chills ecery time.

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                            Modern Folk - Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains

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                            Flamenco, like this: http://youtu.be/T0JqI1XevXs For me, it's about the cante and the rhythm and the communal spirit.

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                            Not my favorite, but I like YTPMV music:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLUVVqbSX8s

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                            ambient: brian eno, thursday afternoon. the 61 minute version though.

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                            Modern Blues - "Grounds for Divorce" by Elbow

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                            Jam Rock (Not the Reggae kind):

                            Dave Matthews Band - Dont Drink the Water (Live From Centrum Center 1998)

                            Whole Album is phenomenal jam out on great bluesy rock, RIP LeRoi Moore

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                            Modern Angst Rock (my own genre): Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd

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                            Emo Music. Indian Summer- Wormwood (angry Son). Amazing song from 1994 that raised the hairs on the back of my neck when I first heard it.

                            listen to this if you think that emo music started in 2002 with my chemical romance.

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                            Prog Rock - Try King Crimson, "In the wake of the Poseiden" Blues Rock - Try Joe Bonamassa, "India/Mountain Time"

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                            Classic Rock: Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away One of the best bands at all time, with one of their best songs ever.

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                            90's college rock. It's so simple, yet so angsty. I love it! As for what I'd show them, oh man... probably some Collective Soul or Third Eye Blind honestly.

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                            *Alt Rock - Radiohead - Paranoid Android *Grunge - The Stooges - Be My Dog *Pop - Aqua - Barbie Girl - Fuck I hate pop....

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                            Spanish folk-metal -- Mago de Oz Molinos de Viento

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                            Second the 90's rap collective. Nasty Nas 91' Demo Tape is highly recommended. Breakneck lyricism at the age of 18:

                            Nas Will Prevail

                            For those on the acid jazz tip, don't sleep on our French contemporaries, Levez-vous Paris!:

                            Jazz Liberatorz feat. M'Selem - Dark Keys

                            On a side note, I've been a lurker for a little over a year now and I thought to myself, what better way than to start with a head bopping contribution? I want to thank all the redditor music heads for introducing me to such stimulating tracks. It's made a Sunday evening monster paper writing grind much more bearable.

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                            Post-punk like Q and Not U's End the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight

                            Abient/IDM like Telefon Tel Aviv's When It Happens It Moves All By Itself

                            Dance-y synth-pop like The Junior Boys' Birthday

                            Organic dance (more IDM?) like Herbert's Harmonise

                            Impossibly emotional American folk like Over the Rhine's Changes Come

                            And of course there are more, but if I listed everything we'd be here forever. And I'm already abusing the format asked for by the OP.

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                            I guess it is classified as insturmental hip-hop.

                            But I worship metaform

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                            Alternative. Mumford and Sons: Little Lion Man, I think it has a little bit of multiple genres in it.

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                            Stoner rock.

                            Anything by Clutch

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                            Big contributions to the list I see. I'd have to say THRASH METAL because it has a lot of energy! Especially at live concerts with awesome mosh pits. As well it has roots from hardcore punk (which I like too) To introduce, it is hard, but i go with something lighter like * Metallica-Whiplash * Exodus-Bonded By Blood and as you progress, bands like * Tankard-Die With A Beer In Your Hands * Sodom-Ausgebombt THRASH 'TIL DEATH

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                            Psychobilly atm. Tiger Army - Nocturnal

                            Metallica - Literally anything prior to Load.

                            Classical rock, pschadelic rock, Proto-Punk Velvet Underground - Oh sweet nothing

                            Hip hop/rap/whatever you want to call it Slick Rick

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                            Crust Punk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfedhJFej0Q

                            Acquired taste I guess, but here ya go :)

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                            I would have to go for Trance and recommend this trance classic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NscDp0tYS9c&feature=related

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                            Probably You by Bad Religion if I wanted to get a kid into punk. Worked for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

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                            Garage Rock: White Stripes- Hardest Button to Button

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                            Folk Rock: New Slang - The Shins

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                            Ambient music, and I would say the whole Biosphere - Substrata album

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                            Alt Rock: Invincible - OK Go! or Undone - Weezer

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                            (Melodic) Punk Rock

                            Hot Water Music - God Deciding

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                            Melodic Death Metal, Scar Symmetry - The Illusionist

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                            Darkpsy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YBgbyKkrC8 (Psykovsky & Furious - Cat Returns) It's not my "favorite genre" per se, but one of the the genres I like that stands out the most.

                            I also like Amon Tobin a lot, which is psy/DNB/IDM I guess... hard to qualify. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWasI8CpQ8 (clip NSFW-ish)

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                            I dont really know what genre they fall under but i would make someone listen to Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire.

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                            Happy Hardcore Techno: Up! By Ilsa Gold. Relevant

                            Trance: Outside World by Sunbeam Relevant or

                            Age Of Love by Age Of Love (the definitive Jam and Spoon mix) Relevant

                            WTF: Anthrax pretending to be the beastie boys. I'm the man Relevant

                            HaveItOnLoudInTheCarAndSingLikeACrazyFucker: Faith No More - Epic Relevant

                            Yeah I'm 40 .. I still have good taste!

                            [–]CodeKrash 0 points1 point ago

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                            most music is good

                            The Beatles

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                            Breakcore.

                            The "first song" part of that question is tough...it's a surprisingly diverse genre, and no one song really encapsulates it. The three albums that made me really switch from being an indie-loving pseudo-hipster to a lover of complex electronic music were Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (not breakcore, but damn if that album isn't just a revelation in what electronic music can be), Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt szuletett (which, as a whole, is the perfect example of the mixture of technical talent and aesthetic/musical ability that makes good breakcore GOOD) and the Life We Promote mix by Aaron Spectre (an hour or so of nonstop, badass raggacore). The fact that I was introduced to these three at the same time, combined with the facts that I was starting to dick around with a few DAW's, losing interest in tight-pants-wearing english majors posing behind guitars and have always loved heavier music, kinda made me very vulnerable to nutting all over this stuff, so I'm not sure if it would work for someone else.

                            All that being said, I'm gonna go with the Doormouse Megamix off the Doormouse/Venetian Snares split EP "Skelechairs." It's got the heaviness, the complexity and the sort of ADHD scatterbrained hilarity that are all fundamental to breakcore. If someone likes that then I could totally see them appreciating most breakcore. If I was trying to ease someone into it, then I would play them Ongyilkos vasarnap off Rossz csillag alatt szuletett to show them that electronic music can actually be beautiful and complex and genuinely affecting, that there's more to it than just douchebag europeans with synthesizers and stupid clothes making music that can only be appreciated with a head full of E.

                            Wow....this got long...

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                            I would choose Screaming Nazi Butt Rock.

                            "I Hate Everyone and I Want Them to Die!" by Zyklon-B and the Gassers would be a great introduction.

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                            Progressive, South Side of the Sky

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                            Stoner. The whole "Welcome to Sky valley" album by Kyuss after an intoductory genre history/spliff session.

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                            Rock; A dying breed in this generation because of WHUPWHUPWHUP and WURPWhooRP, and BURRRDURR, and "Yo, I has money bitch" and such.

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                            Death Doom Metal

                            Katatonia - Murder

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                            Heavy Metal - I would play Children of the Grave by Sabbath

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                            Contemporary folk and alternative(Indie)-

                            -Miike Snow -Freelance Whales -Bon Iver -Sufjan Stevens

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                            Progressive power metal; Manticora - Felice. Heavy/power metal; Virgin Steele - I Will Come For You. Power metal; Iron Savior - Thunderbird.

                            EDIT: formatting

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                            I'm still a new fan - but I've really started getting into Americana/Blue Grass (Australian here), such as Justin Townes Earle.

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                            Electronica. Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma. The whole album is essentially a 45 minute song.

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                            Hard to pick a favorite, but I've been listening to a large amount of Crust Punk lately.

                            This is definitely on the more epic side of crust punk, but it is so goddamn good:

                            Ictus - Imperivm

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                            Ambient/Ambient Techno. First would probably be Biosphere - The Shield.

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                            Prog rock/metal. My first time listener candidate would sit through the entire title track of Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (over 40min). In that time, I'd expect a bricolage of emotion from crying, to screaming in anger, to gasping in awe to dancing with glee. Perhaps a cuddle may be necessary afterwards...

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                            Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

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                            ProtoPunk - T.V. Eye by Iggy Pop.

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                            Gypsy Punk - Blackbird Raum

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                            I like a lot of different stuff but here goes:

                            Hip-Hop - mostly 90s east coast stuff, and underground stuff from any time.

                            Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II. (mainstream 90s)

                            Psyche Origami - Dead Right. (underground 2005)

                            One Be Lo - enecS eht no kcaB. (Also underground)

                            Alternative Rock - Radiohead is probably my favorite band, also I like a lot of other groups that fall into this genre. People have posted good shit already.

                            Trip-Hop/Instrumentals - This can be anything really, Nujabes, Quantic, Bonobo, anything that sounds dope to me.

                            A lot of people have already posted dope Nujabes so you can find that stuff. Check this stuff out.

                            Bonobo - Nightlife

                            Visioneers - Runnin. (instro of an awesome Pharcyde song)

                            DJ Krush - Song 2

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                            There's only one band out there and that's Spinal Tap! Turn that shit up to eleven!

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                            Red Dirt Country Cross Canadian Ragweed - Anywhere But Here.

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                            Thrash Metal... hard to pick a single song but I would probably go with Rust in Peace by Megadeth.

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                            Industrial - a mixture of electronica and metal.

                            I would play for an individual unfamiliar with this genre the song "Waste" by KMFDM. Because so many different styles of song fall under the title of "Industrial" it's difficult to find one song that is representative, however I feel that the biggest misconception people will have is hearing "electronica" and thinking of popular techno songs such as "Everytime We Touch" and "Boom Boom Boom". "Waste" does a fantastic job of portraying the slower, deeper beats associated with industrial music.

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                            Post Rock Dance Music. Lotus - Shimmer And Out, Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Aimlessly and Future Rock - Torture are some good starters.

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                            Old-Skool Happy Hardcode/Rave/Breakbeats (a.k.a. "Piano-Breaks") from 1990-1994, mainly from England. Cheesy as hell but it always made me cry tears of joy while standing on the dancefloor:

                            Liquid - Sweet Harmony (all-time tear-jerker #1 for me, the memories): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW4YfSxBeAw

                            Orca - 4am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCIeCXFK-oQ

                            Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnwB9-52vCk&feature=related

                            Shut up and Dance - Ravin im Ravin feat Peter Bouncer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBpy3JrI3oQ

                            Bizzare Inc - Playing With Knives: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLlvYaCZ8Vc

                            another, less happy but still great breakbeat tune is: Origin Unknown - Valley of The Shadows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixL_jmGRDXY&feature=related

                            Oh god I'm stuck. There goes my workday.

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                            I really like a bit of modern upbeat country. While I could never pick an all time favorite genre, I could probably say that this week, this is my favorite. I'm tempted to classify it as country rock, except that title has already been taken a few decades ago.

                            Bullets in the Gun Toby Keith

                            Rollin Big and Rich

                            Eight Second Ride Jake Owen

                            Country Girl Luke Bryan

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                            Metal: Machine Head - Halo

                            Enjoy the epicness!

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                            Progressive Rock - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria

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                            Deep House - Rainy Payne - Your Eyes (ChrisIDH Soulove Remix)

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-K-jF9js-8

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                            Hmm, tough call. If i'm training, certain types of death metal: Band- In Flames; songs-Trigger, Ordinary Story.

                            Any other times: Band- Drop Kick Murphy's; Songs- Kiss me I'm Shitfaced, Fields of Athenry.

                            [–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point ago

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                            Stoner Metal. Kyuss, Sleep, Electric Wizard, The Sword, Baroness, and High on Fire are some of the biggest names

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                            Surprised nobody has said opera so far. Probably one of the most misunderstood/maligned genres of music.

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                            Grindcore- anything by anal cunt.

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                            Dunno if it's my #1 favorite genre of music, but Gyorgy Ligeti's "Musica Ricercata" was the piece that really turned me on to modernism/20th century "classical" music. It starts with a really simple premise and creates eleven short musical vignettes of increasing complexity, each of which has its own ingenious internal logic. It really changed my ideas about what was possible as a composer.

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                            Not sure what to call it - electronic backpacker maybe? - but I love bands like Blockhead and Lemon Jelly. Blockhead is kinda in the vein of guys like RJD2 and maybe Boards of Canada; moody beats with cool sampling. Lemon Jelly is similar but with a brighter, happier vibe. Both are perfect for driving, walking, contemplating, toking, philosophizing, showering, and general classy-ass chillin'.

                            Blockhead: Carnivores Unite, You've Got Maelstrom

                            Lemon Jelly: A Tune For Jack, His Majesty King Raam

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                            Fantasy It seems to be comprised of multitracked female vocalists over orchestral music, and it is gorgeous.

                            Akiko Shikata - Chronicle Key

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                            Surprised nobody has said opera so far. Probably one of the most misunderstood/maligned genres of music.

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                            70s hard rock

                            captain beyond - self titled album

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                            Read through most of this and was surprised by some omissions, so I'll just add genres that I like that have been omitted.

                            Neofolk-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPI6vgkO-Vs Power Electronics-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4On0vXTg1Zc nsbm-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB-o6xGIhaY

                            [–]TheChanger 0 points1 point ago

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                            Electronic ambient, and more specially a London based record label called Ninja Tune.

                            Samples include

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                            Plaid. You would love Plaid.

                            [–]barrelsofmooney 0 points1 point ago*

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                            Indie-ish, or 'Portland, Oregon':

                            [–]anaimi 0 points1 point ago

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                            *Lebanese Jazz - Raksit Leila by Mashrou' Leila

                            I really have no idea what genre this is, so I made it up. Other songs from the same band are equally cool.

                            [–]live_good_25 0 points1 point ago

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                            saving this thread

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                            [–]evilbeaver333 -1 points0 points ago

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                            TIL reddit has terrible taste in music, generally

                            [–]chud555 1 point2 points ago

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                            Punk - NOFX Linoleum.

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                            The Decline!

                            [–]divad1978 -3 points-2 points ago

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                            Pop

                            Rebecca Black - Friday

                            [–]Bulgarin 0 points1 point ago

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                            Nu-metal.

                            System of a Down- Radio/Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDzPUt20F4

                            [–]asgharhzaidi 0 points1 point ago

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                            really liking the Arcade Fire these days. their song Sprawl II is by far my favorite - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_7_XRfTMs

                            and found this other band a few days ago, Crystal Fighters, been playing their song At Home over and over - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruakMoSvVsY&feature=fvst

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                              [–]sturdycocopuff -10 points-9 points ago*

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                              Dubstep - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw This is true dubstep, you all have no idea what you are talking about. Seriously keep on talking about stupid stuff like 2step and dub. Skrillex is legit, you are all dumb!

                              You guys know I am joking right?

                              [–]resto 4 points5 points ago

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                              Brostep is dead, in my opinon.

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                              0:00-0:39 "Hey this is pretty good.." 0:40-0:50 "WTF IS THIS SHIT" Seriously, the first part is great but then the melody goes away and is replaced by loud, annoying, wobbly sounds. I don't understand dubstep...

                              [–]ADangerousMan 3 points4 points ago

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                              well here's the problem. Most of the genre isn't like this. Most of it has melody, and cool offbeats, and heavy sub bass. Then in 2007 or so kids decided to make it super noisy, and it progressed from there. Now it's tear-out.

                              [–]kaett 1 point2 points ago

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                              i had the same reaction, especially when i heard the meg griffin scream of "oh my god!" the melody comes back, but if that's the ultimate representation of dubstep, then it sounds like someone was mixing a techno/trance record and tripped onto the control panel.

                              [–]pikeymobile 7 points8 points ago

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                              A defining song of dubstep would have to be this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pBCA9mUciU

                              It has appeal to all audiences of the genre. It's not Mala's best work by a long shot, but it had one of the biggest impacts

                              Along with this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrzH57DJWdc This was one of the early stripped back productions that made it big, next to stuff by Vex'd and Distance

                              Toasty - The Knowledge is still regarded by many as the ultimate in 'heavy' dubstep. This one was a game changer, and still goes off in the dance today as much as it did in 04/05

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                              When people say a 'heavy' tune. Skrillex isn't heavy like DMZ is heavy.

                              Skrillex sounds heavy on your crappy headphones. But on a proper set of monitors. Digital Mysticz cant be matched.

                              [–]heymanman 1 point2 points ago

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                              I speak knowledge (repeat x3)

                              [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 9 points10 points ago

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                              I'm a big dubstep fan, I do think it's a genre severely lacking in quality control though. I quite like Skrillex's work, his music can be derivative at times though. You should check out the Noisia remix of Scary Monsters and Sprites, it's brilliant.

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                              The best thing about early dubstep/dark garage was how it was from a pre-digital age. You had to get your tunes pressed to vinyl/dubplate if you wanted to get the song out there. Because of the expensive process, only the best songs would ever get cut.

                              Now that any kid can upload their tunes to any digital distribution site there's very little quality control.

                              The larger vinyl centred dubstep labels like Swamp81, Deep Medi, DMZ, Tempa, Tectonic, Hessle, Non+, Aus etc still have a high level of quality control though.

                              [–]dumbell 7 points8 points ago

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                              Reminds me of the old days when I would be listening to some Phil Collins and then the tape player would chew up the tape...sounded just like that Skillet stuff.

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                              [–]klaasman 0 points1 point ago

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                              How about this ambient kind of dubstep: Myrkur - Skttrbrain

                              I fuckin love it

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                              I like way, way too much music to pick just one genre that I like more than any of the others, but listen to this.

                              [–]fmeat 0 points1 point ago

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                              whoa, i love it. thanks!

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                              Progressive Rock/Metal - Dream Theater

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                              Nintendocore. HORSE the band - A Million Exploding Suns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPgQff6EhQc

                              enjoi!

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                              Sir, that is the most excellent choice in music. I grant you points.

                              [–]futureheaded 1 point2 points ago

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                              BIRD.

                              [–]bat-man 0 points1 point ago

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                              For different metal sub-genres (trying not to be too obscure):

                              Traditional Heavy Metal: Judas Priest - Dissident Aggressor

                              Thrash metal (Bay Area): Exodus - Piranha

                              Black metal: Emperor - I Am The Black Wizards

                              Death Metal: Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face

                              Doom Metal: Candlemass - Solitude

                              Euro Power Metal: Stratovarius - Black Diamond

                              US Power Metal: Liege Lord - Master Control

                              [–]pipian 0 points1 point ago

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                              Real hip-hop. Kool G Rap and DJ Polo - In the Streets of New York.

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                              DESERT ROCK IS A FAVORITE OF MINE, THIS IS A GOOD TRACK TO GET YOU STARTED

                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON9GU-iUXhg

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                              Metal

                              It depends on the person I'm showing. If they're open to metal, I'd show them After the Burial. If they are not open to harshness, I'd show them something by Devin Townsend.

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                              Don't have a favorite genre, but here is a list of songs corresponding to some of my favorite genres that I would typically show some first-timers:

                              • Hip Hip- Jazz(We've Got) by ATCQ (This song and the entire album will probably never get old. Relaxing.)

                              • Prog Metal- The Czar by Mastodon (I saw them play Crack the Skye live. They played for two hours. Best show I've ever been to.)

                              • Thrash- Bangover by Municipal Waste (I would mosh SOOO motherfucking hard to this song)

                              • Shoegaze- Pancake by The Swirlies (My sister, who listens to like Justin Beiber and Lil Wayne, listened to this song and then the entire album. She loved it... and she is pretty musically closed minded.)

                              • Alternative- Where Is My Mind by the Pixies (Classic. A lot of songs to choose from by the Pixies, but this is probably the most popular and most liked of them all.)

                              • Grunge- Honey Bucket by the Melvins (Sludgy ass guitar. Riffy. Awesome vocals. No solos.)

                              • Prog Rock - Father O'Blivion by Frank Zappa (If you like this song, then listen to the entire album. I always go back to it, when I get bored with music. One of my favorite most memorable albums.)

                              • Screamo- Same Shade As Concrete by Circle Takes the Square (Fast... and the it gets so fucking heavy at the end. Gives me chills.)

                              • Power Violence- Snowball Fight by Weekend Nachos (I implore every one of you to youtube this song, and then if you like it, download the Torture EP from their Myspace. It fucking rules.)

                              If you want to know more about the bands I posted, or if you like what I have posted, and would like to hear some more stuff, then feel free to ask.

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                              Math Rock - Tera Melos - Melody 4

                              Math rock is a fascinating genre, really hope it starts to explode.

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                              Dark Cabaret. I think I would go with either Evil Night Together by Jill Tracy or Circus Apocalypse by Vermillion Lies.

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                              I really hate that you've been downvoted. This is the first comment I've seen about Cabaret and you've done a great job representing the genre.

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                              Politico-Punk Rock (?) Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

                              [–]mfontani 0 points1 point ago

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                              That record's never played enough times :) Well done!

                              [–]Liberalwithagun 0 points1 point ago

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                              Ska Punk for sure, and if I had to pick a song for a first time listener? I just like the brass section and the rebellious spirit.

                              We will fall together by Streetlight Manifesto

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                              The older, less commercial electro house such as: Boys Noize - & Down

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                              [–]ThePropagandaPanda 0 points1 point ago

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                              electro-house

                              take over control - afrojack

                              [–]kightlinger 0 points1 point ago*

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                              Hmm... Progressive Rock / Progressive Metal.

                              I'd put in a CD with these two songs (that's all that'll fit, lol), and hit random:

                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgDwkSlCwHw Pushit (live, alternate) by Tool

                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThYVnzBnHk Reflection by Tool

                              [–]yanchovilla 0 points1 point ago

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                              I listen to everything, but I'm a big thrash metal fan. A song I can listen to over and over is Holy Wars...The Punishment Due by Megadeth. Never gets old for me.

                              [–]user762nato 0 points1 point ago

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                              upboat.

                              this has been running on a loop in my cd player in my car for e last two weeks.

                              This was also the album that a good friemd of mine first played for me that got me into thrash metal.

                              [–]yanchovilla 0 points1 point ago

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                              I think Rust In Peace is my favorite album ever. Saw them play the entire thing in its entirety last year. It was amazing.

                              [–]lazz4 0 points1 point ago

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                              This is like a competition to see who can come up with the most obscure genre / band. Fuck the Establishment!!

                              [–]Jesus_Harold_Christ 0 points1 point ago

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                              Radiohead - Anything but Creep.

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                              [–]futureheaded 0 points1 point ago

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                              Talk about poisoning the well. How could that possibly encourage someone to investigate hip hop further? One downvote is not enough to give.

                              [–]NotCwl 0 points1 point ago

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                              Chipunes and as for a good song to get into the genre Densmore by Anamanaguchi :D one of my favorite songs ever xD

                              [–]Bthulhu 0 points1 point ago

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                              Probably alone on this one, but Slam Death Metal. Tech is cool and all, but slam just focuses on being as brutal as possible.

                              Cephalotripsy (NSFL artwork)

                              Devourment

                              Cerebral Incubation (Also NSFL)

                              Gorevent (More NSFLness)

                              Abnormity

                              [–]Malurth 0 points1 point ago

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                              I don't get music. There are a billion songs and a billion genres and everyone seems to innately know all of it on the internet, and I very very rarely find myself liking any of it.

                              How do you people even know this stuff in the first place? I just add whatever songs I like to my library, and over the years that has amounted to about 450 songs total. It gets a little stale, but I don't really like anything else, and there isn't even a defined genre...

                              [–]viper565[??] 0 points1 point ago

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                              Chiptune.

                              Intro song? Airbrushed by Anamanaguchi

                              [–]sohcaht0a 1 point2 points ago

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                              Have you noticed there's a surprisingly large amount of anamanaguchi fans on reddit? And I agreee, Airbrushed is a good intro for them.

                              [–]rebelboy1 0 points1 point ago

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                              country... too many songs to name...

                              [–]bigboynow 0 points1 point ago

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                              my guy right now is darius rucker.

                              [–]mr-z 0 points1 point ago

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                              Nobody will see this anyway, but I'll try to cover stuff that hasn't been covered yet. Some of my personal favourites:

                              ... and more =)

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                              [–]AlexxxG12 -3 points-2 points ago*

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                                [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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                                am i weird for not liking music?

                                [–]wheniseducejessica 0 points1 point ago

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                                maybe you just didn't find yet what you like.

                                [–]Bluke4x4 0 points1 point ago

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                                0/10

                                [–]Zecriss 0 points1 point ago

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                                Naw, some of my smartest friends don't like music. I never did when I was younger.

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                                Dubstep, and I would show them that one song, I forget what it's called, but it's kind of like WUBWUBWUBWUBWOMPWOMPWUBWUB

                                [–]Zecriss 1 point2 points ago

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                                I see wut you did thar

                                [–]firepelt -7 points-6 points ago

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                                Hardcore/metalcore

                                The downfall of us all by A day to remember is always a good one.

                                [–]vaultx 15 points16 points ago

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                                That's like pop-rock with vaguely metalcore chugging every once in a while.

                                [–]Alchoholocaustic 0 points1 point ago

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                                I agree. Definitely one of my favorite bands, but they're not that hardcore.

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                                They would be more classified as "post-hardcore" music, but the line between genres blends too much.

                                [–]velociraptorjockey 0 points1 point ago

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                                Yeah, most people call pop punk bands that have a little hardcore influence. Post-hardcore bands I always think of as metalcore bands that have pop punk influences. It all sort of depends on what is the primary sound of the band.

                                [–]fuckwhatyouheard 1 point2 points ago

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                                Oh god.

                                [–]m0r3sl33p 0 points1 point ago

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                                Play guitar and drums like a boss...

                                Sing like a top-40 rockstar

                                do not approve

                                [–]Articulate_Silences 0 points1 point ago*

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                                Hardcore/metalcore - Downbeat - The Ghost Inside or another perspective August Burns Red - Rationalist

                                FTFY

                                I would not call that song by A Day to Remember hardcore, metalcore or any combination of the two.

                                [–]firepelt 0 points1 point ago

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                                Well I kind of agree, it isn't very hardcore.

                                But I would say that it is metalcore. A slightly soft metalcore perhaps, but still.

                                Do you like Alesana?

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                                Rap and it wasn't always crap

                                [–]godotiswaitingonme[S] 4 points5 points ago

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                                There's loads of fantastic rap right now, it just no longer exists in the mainstream.

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                                Yea, but to me, it will never be as fly as this

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                                To be honest, Sugarhill Gang sounds like children's music now. It's the equivalent of saying that you like singer/songwriter type music and pointing out Raffi as fly.

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                                Really? I disagree. Just because it's a bit slower and doesn't use profanity, doesn't make it a child's song to me

                                [–]MJGSimple 0 points1 point ago

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                                The biggest difference is the simplicity. And I'm not really a fan of the beats. I'm a big rap fan, but like godotiswaitingonme said, it's all in the underground. I can't even begin to think of what would be the one song that would encapsulate everything I appreciate of rap. There is no one song for me. My most played song though is:

                                No Apologies - Eminem

                                [–]nadanone 0 points1 point ago

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                                Only rap I can get into is Mos Def. The album Black on Both Sides is great.

                                [–]JS_Levan 0 points1 point ago

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                                If I had to choose one rap song it would be this. It's the kind of song you fall in love with with one listen.

                                [–]maodib -1 points0 points ago

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                                I really don't have a favorite genre, but my favorite artist is by far Dave Matthews Band- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf1j1zrnxss

                                [–]headphonehalo -1 points0 points ago

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                                For all the hipster hate on reddit, most people here seem to listen to hipster music.

                                [–]perelachaise -2 points-1 points ago

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                                Seems to be true. Americans just don't listen to techno.

                                [–]BlueBayou -1 points0 points ago

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                                Mashups Earworm's "United State of Pop 2009" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNzrwh2Z2hQ And DJsFromMars's "Love the Way You Lie in Paradies City" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIFMwi0bD0

                                [–]danz1017 -1 points0 points ago

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                                I listen to rap music now, and would most probably show them either:

                                John (If I Die Today) by Lil Wayne Ft. Rick Ross

                                OR

                                Welcome To My Hood (Remix) by DJ Khaled Ft. Ludacris, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Movado, DJ Khaled, Birdman, Ace Hood, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Bun B and of course Waka Flocka Flame

                                OR

                                24 hours by Gucci Mane

                                The reason's I'd suggest these, because the first song, "John", show two of the most dominant rappers/hip-hop artists in the game today. Lil Wayne is HUGE now and Rick Ross has major potential.

                                I'd also suggest "Welcome To My Hood" because it showcases a broad range of flows in the game at the moment. Plus, it's a killer song! :)

                                I'd also suggest Gucci Mane because he's a southern rapper with talent. He rap's for the hood.

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                                Melodic Death Metal is one of my favorite genres and according to Last.fm I should recommend Gods of war arise by Amon Amarth (It's an amazing one...).

                                [–]mclovinash -1 points0 points ago

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                                Dubstep; First song: Oh That I Had-Mt Eden And Ruby

                                [–]LouisLingg -1 points0 points ago

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                                Scandinavian Black Metal

                                "I am the Black Wizards" by Emperor

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                                [–]HumaneFlesh -1 points0 points ago

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                                Modern irish folk music.

                                The first song would be Man of the House by Lothlorien.

                                [–]perfectmachine -1 points0 points ago

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                                Sludge Metal.

                                Dopethrone by Electric Wizard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHplp10kQM

                                I was never too into metal, but this is fucking godly.

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                                [–]doorknobman -1 points0 points ago

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                                Metalcore/ Hard Rock

                                Afterlife by avenged sevenfold

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                                I HATE to sound like a freaking hipster but...proggressive/post hardcore'ish.

                                Lions Lions - Are You Ready to Fly?

                                I use to be all into the screaming stuff and did it in bands. I don't dislike it ...but its just not my style. I am literally like head over heels for this band though.

                                They are uber positive and have a GREAT stage presence.

                                [–]HiroProtagonist1984 0 points1 point ago

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                                You are literally exaggerating, literally.

                                [–]brand0n 0 points1 point ago

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                                derp i just dont know what to classify them as. On iTunes it says rock...it'd say the same thing for nickelback. Those two bands sound nothing alike.

                                haters gonna hate

                                [–]PVTZzzz -1 points0 points ago

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                                This is just one of those threads I need to save and get back to later

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                                Post-Metal.
                                Hurricanes by Hands

                                [–]Aikidi -1 points0 points ago

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                                Power/Piano Pop

                                "Good Day" by Jukebox the Ghost.

                                [–]jimmysceneit -1 points0 points ago

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                                Progressive rock, Tool's Lateralus

                                [–]GuiltyJester -1 points0 points ago

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                                Thank you for taking up my entire fucking day. I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic.

                                [–]mrme2051 0 points1 point ago

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                                Being on day two of of this thread, you aren't.

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                                Whatever you can classify him as: Jonsi - Go Do.

                                [–]o0jrock0o -1 points0 points ago

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                                Heard it called "jazzcore" but it's mathcore + more jazzy drum work.

                                The Garden's All Nighters - The Number Twelve Looks Like You

                                Nintendocore (basically some kind of screamo with some old-school sounding synth)

                                Shapeshift - HORSE the Band

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                                Twee-as-can-be-twiddly-widdly-plinky-folky-stuff-preferably-with-banjos...

                                Go and listen to all of Sufjan Stevens' Illinois, you know you want to!

                                [–]SAeN -1 points0 points ago

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                                Folk Metal

                                Amorphis, My Kantele

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                                70's revival type bands.

                                The Brian Jonestown Massacre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQbvXS50aI

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                                Jazz.

                                Probably All Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_1Pa6vE14c)

                                [–]donjondodi -1 points0 points ago

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                                House music, I would play the song that got me into it more than a decade ago - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YCoSF-voHY

                                [–]ristoril -1 points0 points ago

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                                More importantly, where's our Grooveshark playlist? :)

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                                Viking Metal - Eluveitie: Elembivos

                                Hurdy gurdys in general are awesome instruments and anyone who uses them is awesome in my book.

                                [–]Mathmatical -1 points0 points ago

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                                I have no clue what half of these genres are nor who the artists are. TIL I am getting old.

                                [–]BranVan -1 points0 points ago

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                                I like just about everything, but here's a few songs I would show someone to sample my style of music:

                                Speak of the Devil - A Day to Remember

                                ULTRAnumb - Blue Stahli

                                Supersonic - Family Force 5

                                Your Life & Religion - Clawfinger

                                Deja Vu - 3OH!3

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                                this is a copy-paste from the tags of "DJ Yoda & friends EP" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FMmJAaSM8) and it pretty much sums it all up for me. breaks, dance, electronic, funk

                                With funk comes: Hip-hop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0gVTjZEFE

                                Electronic: Dubstep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S35THmZD_E

                                and ofc some indie too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yMA7pGM4PQ

                                [–]bbear122 -1 points0 points ago

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                                I don't always listen to metal, but when I do I listen to Between the Buried and Me.

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                                Not quite sure what it is, a sort of electronified downtempo shoegaze?

                                I present: Bonobo

                                As for the virgin's song, I'd have to go with Days to Come.

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                                Classic Rock. Led Zeppelin.

                                I know that's not a song at all. It's a band, but I don't think you can go wrong with any of their songs. If you're making me pick just one I guess Heartbreaker.

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                                No one for Trance yet?

                                This specific song is Melodic Trance, but really any type of Trance will do

                                Matt Hardwick vs. Smith & Pledger - Connected (Original Mix)

                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWqaicaLj90

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                                Rock/Psychedelia*

                                Stash by Phish or any Grateful Dead recording

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                                That really depends on what the other person is already into and what my current music is that they are inquiring about.

                                I have a lot of friends that say that all rap music is bad and then start to like nerdcore or various other white boy rap happenings out there in the world, at this point I show them progressively more and more awesome rap based groups.

                                Flobots was one group I used to intro people for a while, The Villebillies work swimmingly as well.

                                I love to introduce people to Deltron 3030, I did this last week and I said to my friend "If all I did with my life was roll around introducing people to this album and talking to them about it, I would feel completely awesome about what I've accomplished in my life"

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                                Reggae! Bob Marley - Rat Race

                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnU8YD4vOWY

                                Pass on the vibes!

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                                The order of comments in this thread should roughly indicate the musical preferences of middle class semi-techie people between 18 and 40.

                                [–]double0penguin -1 points0 points ago

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                                Avant garde / experimental / art rock / occasional sludge metal

                                Kayo Dot - Stained Glass

                                [–]getmoneygetpaid -1 points0 points ago

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                                Pop-Punk. Try The Wonder Years

                                Positive, honest music and the nicest dudes in the world.

                                Super fun to stage dive to, and the lyrics / subject matter is basically Reddit. As a mid-20s male, this is my life.

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                                [–]TheNewDigg -1 points0 points ago

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                                Save

                                [–]DJSchagen -1 points0 points ago

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                                ELECTRO!!!! Love: deadmau5 - Hey Baby

                                [–]cptspas -1 points0 points ago

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                                dubstep. LAZARS. FIRE TEH LAZARS.

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                                [–]lsdo_ordont -1 points0 points ago

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                                hipsters are everywhere on this thread

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                                I think its hard to get into music with just a single song. You have to do an entire album; which provide a complete experience for the listener and hopefully create something memorable.

                                But my favorite is the skramz/emo scene and I think I would play Orchid's S/T

                                [–]bruce_notice -1 points0 points ago

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                                Psychedelic lo-fi indie folk. Naomi by neutral milk hotel. Also Steve threw up by beck. I forgot the name of my favorite davendra banhart song as it was on a mix. The cd burn generation has created a world of appreciation despite nomenclature. For instance, I didn't know that I had ever listened to m. Ward until I decided to Google some lyrics from the same mixed cd.

                                [–]andrewsmith615 -1 points0 points ago

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                                Metal. Locust Star - Neurosis

                                [–]bocelot -1 points0 points ago

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                                Metalcore. Reptar King of the Ozone. - The Devil Wears Prada. I'll keep posting metalcore until I get an upvote.

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                                I would say that attempting to isolate yourself into genre, regardless of the medium, is a reductive way to experience art.

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                                Post-grunge Look Where We Are by Hoobastank

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                                Country- country boy can survive by hank williams or classic rock- born to be wild by steppen wolf

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                                Rap, Eminem.

                                I don't care if it is mainstream.

                                Edit: I guess other people do care if its mainstream.

                                [–]spundred -1 points0 points ago

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                                POWER METAL.

                                Dragonforce - Through the Fire & Flames

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                                R&B/Rap/hip-hop - Lil Wayne "Something You Forgot" Amazing lyrics. Amazing emotional side of someone thought to be so "badass"

                                [–]Milkins -1 points0 points ago

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                                Hip-Hop/Rap - Nas - Nas Will Prevail

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                                Post Fonzie Skittle Hop - My favorite song is "Pen Pals with VIKKI from Small Wonder" by Johny Cokehead and the Flim Flam Band

                                [–]deathsquaddesign -1 points0 points ago

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                                Emotional Hardcore

                                Defeater - Dear Father

                                Defeater - White Oak Doors

                                This specific band, Defeater, has a storyline that is explored with their albums. Very good stuff.

                                [–]McStrauss -1 points0 points ago

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                                Post-metal. I believe Isis's "Ghost Key" sums the genre up fairly nicely...

                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv5t1KsVqnA

                                [–]DazRightz -1 points0 points ago

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                                Post-rock.

                                First Breath After a Coma - Explosions in the Sky

                                [–]fngkestrel -1 points0 points ago*

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                                80's pop.

                                Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

                                That song is indicative of so many traits of 80s music. Synthesizer use, repetitive beat with increasing tempo, upbeat.

                                EDIT: Sorry, mislinked.

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                                good music- Lucky Man- The Verve

                                [–]maxreverb -1 points0 points ago

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                                Rockabilly. The Train Kept A-Rollin, Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio

                                [–]ryosen -1 points0 points ago

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                                Gypsy Punk. Gogol Bordello - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1Ahn0Osjo](Start Wearing Purple), and then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFL2SXGdrVA](Not a Crime)

                                Also, Alabama3 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gbw60Iw-tA](Woke Up This Morning) is the easy choice.

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                                I listen to rap now and would most probably suggest either:

                                John (If I Die Today) by Lil Wayne Ft. Rick Ross OR

                                Welcome To My Hood (Remix) by DJ Khaled Ft. Ludacris,

                                [–]raymer 1 point2 points ago

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                                terrible mainstream artists :\

                                IMO you cant get good rap anymore

                                [–]lemonyellowblack 0 points1 point ago

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                                Have you listened to Earl Sweatshirt (or any members of Odd Future)?

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                                While I do listen to Little Wayne, as I feel many times artists get popular for a reason (he's good) I would never play his music to get someone into rap. I would feel much more confident in getting them into Nas, Tribe, De La Soul, or Wu-tang. But I would never even consider Weezy.

                                [–]gravemaker -2 points-1 points ago

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                                Hardcore - Forever by Throwdown. Definition of hardcore.

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                                If I were to introduce someone to hardcore I'd show them a Black Flag song. Showing them a Throwdown song is kind of blasphemy -_-

                                [–]xdkyx 0 points1 point ago

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                                Battalion Of Saints? Minor Threat?

                                [–]rmo4 -2 points-1 points ago

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                                Buncha fuckin' hipsters up in this bitch.

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                                I love how everyone tries really hard to pick some genre they don't think anyone else would pick. Damn hipsters. :P

                                [–]tekno45 -2 points-1 points ago

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                                Reptillia!

                                [–]blobzorz -2 points-1 points ago

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                                Arena rock.

                                Probably. Foreplay/long time. can't link to video on phone :(

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                                commenting for retrieval. ya there is probably a better way, but no one will see this.

                                [–]confusedbossman -2 points-1 points ago

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                                Hipsters - hipsters everywhere

                                [–]SpyPirates -6 points-5 points ago

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                                Metalcore

                                Tears Don't Fall, Bullet For My Valentine

                                BFMV doesn't exemplify metalcore at all, but you have to ease your way into the genre, imo, and a softer song by a more melodic (and slightly mainstream) band is a good way to go.

                                [–]ADangerousMan -1 points0 points ago

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                                It's an acquired taste, I'll give it that. I had to ease in from bands like Saosin.

                                [–]Volsunga -3 points-2 points ago*

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                                Folk Metal.

                                There is such a diverse range of different styles depending on the cultural background of the artists. I prefer the Scandinavian/Celtic style. What songs I'd use to try to "convert" people depends on what their tastes are currently.

                                If they already like metal, I can show them "Live for the Kill" by Amon Amarth and Apocalyptica or "Esoteric Formulae" by Aeternam

                                If they like the standard pop music, I can show them "Omnos" by Eluveitie

                                If they like rap/hip hop/r&b, then I don't think I can help them.

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                                Why would you be so rude? Maybe they like hip hop but want to listen to folk metal. Totally destroys the point of this thread.

                                [–]RippedHalo -3 points-2 points ago

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                                Hey Jude. You know the band.

                                [–]RippedHalo 0 points1 point ago

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                                Why...is this being downvoted?

                                [–]EmpdeeAudio -3 points-2 points ago

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                                Hip-Hop

                                Successful by Drake

                                [–]jtoj 0 points1 point ago

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                                fake ass "music"

                                [–]EmpdeeAudio 0 points1 point ago

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                                How is it "fake?" If anything this is the most truthful song posted, find me one person that DOESN'T want what's described in the song. And how are you going to immediately berate a genre because you don't like it?

                                [–]jtoj 1 point2 points ago

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                                It's people like Drake that are ruining hiphop.

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                                <P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkXPyY9Wo_A&feature=related" target=_blank>Voltaire-God Thinks</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egv21_rmj_g&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXeEhj_ux3LMHBW7uXuMCC82&index=24" target=_blank>Faith & the Muse - Annwyn, Beneath the Waves </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XMypMpTGSE&feature=related" target=_blank>She Wants Revenge-Tear You Apart </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpz2AWu4PZg" target=_blank>Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMM61Y5CEU" target=_blank>Shriekback - Nemesis </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz52S-mMXDk&feature=related" target=_blank>Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46R0jcEQtuQ&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXejp-6YYGY0sF-8gqAEAQY8&index=10" target=_blank>Wolfsheim - Heroin she said</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUDGl7JR7Y&feature=related" target=_blank>Wolfsheim - The Sparrows and the Nightingales </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVBPi025jS4&feature=related" target=_blank>Bauhaus-in the flat field </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnx8jnsYfc&feature=related" target=_blank>Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets</A>

                                And a change in genera.

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U" target=_blank>Rush - Red Barcheta</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwyRd9PPBk&feature=related" target=_blank>Kate Bush - Hounds of Love</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQCu8Jp9iwM&feature=related" target=_blank>Marillion - Kayleigh</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmXfe92YNow&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXeHZLSmh0lkkMUv5A4EkeT1&index=3" target=_blank>Fish - Vigil in a wilderness of Mirrors </A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTvWvfEMxE" target=_blank>Asia - Heat of the Moment</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfc7VMyj94&feature=related" target=_blank>The Fixx - Red Skys at Night</A>

                                <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bci283mfNs&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXdNbkDWrnJunDykWl36B3ks&index=19" target=_blank>Electric Light Orchestra - Do Ya</A>

                                </P>

                                [–]futureheaded 1 point2 points ago

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                                Formatting fail is full of fail.

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                                It is, I agree. I was attempting to use a client (coded using Adobe AIR) to post to Reddit and did not notice the formatting fail until it was too late to edit The client said it failed to post so I was trying to find that reason.

                                So coding fail is even more full of fail than formatting fail.

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                                  [–]skorsak -6 points-5 points ago

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                                  Hip-Hop Probably play Crank Dat - Soulja Boi

                                  [–]Awkward_Arab -5 points-4 points ago*

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                                  Genre: Rock Song: Nickelback - This is how you remind me

                                  Lol it was a joke you assholes.

                                  [–]Awkward_Arab 0 points1 point ago

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                                  lol

                                  [–]wickedtej -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Big Beats/Saturate by The Chemical Brothers

                                  [–]vampspiro -1 points0 points ago

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                                  This Topic is a great idea thank you for asking this question and helping me discover alot of awesome music ! upvotes to you my friend!

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                                  [–]AwkwardSalmon -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Not favorite but most unique/interesting. Self-entitled space rock. Basically ska, reggae, freestyle rap all put together. Mad Conductor is the main one right now, few others starting to catch on.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdPlkEJpXGU

                                  Also white boy/american styled reggae. I love old reggae and 1st/2nd wave ska, but for parties this stuff kicks ass. The Movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5IYySxhUU8

                                  Close enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NLbxm2tNHc&feature=related

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                                  dubstep and Kill Everybody, by Skrillex

                                  [–]bloed -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Post-Avant Jazzcore is better than Progressive Dreamfunk.

                                  [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Hip-Hop: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Dayz of Our Lives. First hip-hop song I ever heard. I fell in love with that genre from that day.

                                  [–]RedSkyNoise -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Modern/Experimental New Age isn't my favourite genre of music... but there's one guy - Karl Maddison - who made some fantastic music and sadly died young... brilliant relaxing music :-)

                                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgSpylrAi0&feature=related

                                  [–]feel_good_about_hood -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Rock & roll. Play Harry Hood from A Live One by Phish.

                                  I've done this several times and it always turns people on to this band.

                                  [–]mharlow85 -1 points0 points ago

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                                  Electro House all day.

                                  Kill Everybody - Skrillex

                                  My friend introduced me to dubstep last summer and I like some of it, but I just like a steady beat more than the unorganized mess I find myself coming across in dubstep. I just love the buildup to the drop in electro house music, and the energetic fast-paced beat just puts me in a great mood no matter what.

                                  [–]leukos -3 points-2 points ago

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                                  Downvoting anyone that lists Mt. Eden as good Dubstep.

                                  [–]ReadySalted -3 points-2 points ago

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                                  Indie shit.

                                  There is a Light and it Never Goes Out by The Smiths Maybe some Radiohead... Paranoid Android?

                                  [–]iamskrillex -2 points-1 points ago

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                                  Dubstep (Breakbeat, Electrohouse)

                                  Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

                                  [–]LovableRascal -2 points-1 points ago

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                                  NOT REGGAE. thats all.